| CHAPTER | PAGE |
| I. Horace Ventimore receives a Commission | [1] |
| II. A Cheap Lot | [12] |
| III. An Unexpected Opening | [18] |
| IV. At Large | [31] |
| V. Carte Blanche | [36] |
| VI. Embarras de Richesses | [51] |
| VII. "Gratitude—a Lively Sense of Favours to come" | [62] |
| VIII. Bachelor's Quarters | [75] |
| IX. "Persicos Odi, Puer, Apparatus" | [85] |
| X. No Place like Home! | [107] |
| XI. A Fool's Paradise | [115] |
| XII. The Messenger of Hope | [132] |
| XIII. A Choice of Evils | [143] |
| XIV. "Since there's no Help, come, let us kiss and part!" | [158] |
| XV. Blushing Honours | [174] |
| XVI. A Killing Frost | [182] |
| XVII. High Words | [193] |
| XVIII. A Game of Bluff | [204] |
| The Epilogue | [222] |