CONTENTS

CHAP.

I. "INKPAT!"

II. A CASE OF NECESSITY

III. 'IN SOLUTION'

IV. KEEPING A PROMISE

V. THE GREAT ALLIES

VI. FRUIT OF THE TREE

VII. A CODE AND A THEORY

VIII. SUBVERSIVE

IX. NO PROCEEDINGS!

X. MAUVE ENVELOPES

XI. AN UNMENTIONED NAME

XII. CHRISTMAS IN WOBURN SQUARE

XIII. CHRISTMAS AT SHAYLOR'S PATCH

XIV. A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION

XV. MRS. NOBODY

XVI. A WORD TAKEN AT PLEASURE

XVII. THE TRACK OF THE RAIDER

XVIII. NOTHING SERIOUS

XIX. A POINT OF HONOUR

XX. AN HEROIC OFFER

XXI. IS HE A BULLY?

XXII. JUDGMENT ACCORDINGLY

XXIII. THE REGIMENT

XXIV. AN ENLIGHTENMENT

XXV. "PERHAPS!"

XXVI. A FRIEND DEPARTS

XXVII. A PHILOSOPHICAL PROJECT

XXVIII. THE VIEW FROM A HOUSE

XXIX. IN THE RESULT