CONTENTS

Chap.
I.[TELLS OF A DOOR AJAR AND OF A LAD WHO STOOD BEHIND IT.]
II.[DICK PARMITER'S STORY.]
III.[OF THE MAGICAL INFLUENCE OF A MAP.]
IV.[DESCRIBES THE REMARKABLE MANNER IN WHICH CULLEN MAYLE LEFT TRESCO.]
V.[THE ADVENTURE IN THE WOOD.]
VI.[MY FIRST NIGHT UPON TRESCO.]
VII.[TELLS OF AN EXTRAORDINARY INCIDENT IN CULLEN MAYLE'S BEDROOM.]
VIII.[HELEN MAYLE.]
IX.[TELLS OF A STAIN UPON A WHITE FROCK AND A LOST KEY.]
X.[IN WHICH I LEARN SOMETHING FROM AN ILL-PAINTED PICTURE.]
XI.[OUR PLANS MISCARRY UPON CASTLE DOWN.]
XII.[I FIND AN UNEXPECTED FRIEND.]
XIII.[IN THE ABBEY GROUNDS.]
XIV.[IN WHICH PETER TORTUE EXPLAINS HIS INTERVENTION ON MY BEHALF.]
XV.[THE LOST KEY IS FOUND.]
XVI.[AN UNSATISFACTORY EXPLANATION.]
XVII.[CULLEN MAYLE COMES HOME.]
XVIII.[MY PERPLEXITIES ARE EXPLAINED.]
XIX.[THE LAST.]