CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I. ["INKPAT!" ]1
II. [A CASE OF NECESSITY ]10
III. ['IN SOLUTION' ]20
IV. [KEEPING A PROMISE ]31
V. [THE GREAT ALLIES ]42
VI. [FRUIT OF THE TREE ]53
VII. [A CODE AND A THEORY ]64
VIII. [SUBVERSIVE ]74
IX. [NO PROCEEDINGS! ]85
X. [MAUVE ENVELOPES ]96
XI. [AN UNMENTIONED NAME ]107
XII. [CHRISTMAS IN WOBURN SQUARE ]119
XIII. [CHRISTMAS AT SHAYLOR'S PATCH ]131
XIV. [A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION ]143
XV. [MRS. NOBODY ]155
XVI. [A WORD TAKEN AT PLEASURE ]167
XVII. [THE TRACK OF THE RAIDER ]180
XVIII. [NOTHING SERIOUS ]193
XIX. [A POINT OF HONOUR ]206
XX. [AN HEROIC OFFER ]219
XXI. [IS HE A BULLY? ]233
XXII. [JUDGMENT ACCORDINGLY ]247
XXIII. [THE REGIMENT ]261
XXIV. [AN ENLIGHTENMENT ]274
XXV. ["PERHAPS!" ]286
XXVI. [A FRIEND DEPARTS ]300
XXVII. [A PHILOSOPHICAL PROJECT ]311
XXVIII. [THE VIEW FROM A HOUSE ]323
XXIX. [IN THE RESULT ]337