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Index
Cover
Title page
Introduction
Publisher's Note
Contents
CHAPTER I. The Industrious Pilgrim: an Exposition without which You might have felt Unhappy
CHAPTER II. Here is Christie’s Great Idea!
CHAPTER III. Ave Atque Vale to Christie’s Mother
CHAPTER IV. In which a Goat is Succoured
CHAPTER V. The Duel of Dictionary Words Between Skater and Wagner; and the Revelation of the Latter’s Nickname
THE FIRST RECKONING
CHAPTER VI. Christie Described; and the Shrike created
CHAPTER VII. The Shrike’s Two Rules; and other Observables
CHAPTER VIII. Christie and the Nutladies, amongst others
CHAPTER IX. A Promise Fulfilled, and Christie’s Younger Life; a Failed Chapter
THE SECOND RECKONING
CHAPTER X. Christie Codifies his Great Idea
CHAPTER XI. Christie Begins in Earnest; and (Something to please all Model Railway Enthusiasts) an Account of the Little Vermifuge
CHAPTER XII. Scotland Yard is Baffled
CHAPTER XIII. Christie Argues with Himself!
THE THIRD RECKONING
CHAPTER XIV. Christie sees the Possibilities as Endless
CHAPTER XV. Christie (in his Wisdom) Overhears
CHAPTER XVI. Keep Britain Tidy; or, Dispose of This Bottle Thoughtfully
CHAPTER XVII. The No Doubt Welcome Return of the Shrike
CHAPTER XVIII. Christie’s Biggest Yet
THE FOURTH RECKONING
CHAPTER XIX. The Shrike’s Old Mum; a Use for Shaving Foam scarcely Envisaged by the Manufacturers; and the Shrike’s Last Rule
CHAPTER XX. Not the Longest Chapter in this Novel
CHAPTER XXI. In which Christie and I have it All Out; and which You may care to Miss Out
CHAPTER XXII. In which an Important Question is Answered; and Christie thinks he has Everything
CHAPTER XXIII. Now Christie really does have Everything
CHAPTER XXIV. The Actual End, leading to . . .
. . . THE FINAL RECKONING
About the author
Also by B. S. Johnson
Publisher’s Note
Copyright page
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