CONTENTS.[Chapter I.—Mr. Pagebrook gets up and Calls an Ancient Lawgiver ]11[Chapter II.—Mr. Pagebrook is Invited to Breakfast ]22[Chapter III.—Mr. Pagebrook Eats his Breakfast ]26[Chapter IV.—Mr. Pagebrook Learns something about the Customs of the Country ]35[Chapter V.—Mr. Pagebrook Makes Some Acquaintances ]42[Chapter VI.—Mr. Pagebrook Makes a Good Impression ]48[Chapter VII.—Mr. Pagebrook Learns Several Things ]54[Chapter VIII.—Miss Sudie Makes an Apt Quotation ]61[Chapter IX.—Mr. Pagebrook Meets an Acquaintance ]65[Chapter X.—Chiefly Concerning "Foggy." ]70[Chapter XI.—Mr. Pagebrook Rides ]79[Chapter XII.—Mr. Pagebrook Dines with his Cousin Sarah Ann ]84[Chapter XIII.—Concerning the Rivulets of Blue Blood ]95[Chapter XIV.—Mr. Pagebrook Manages to be in at the Death ]102[Chapter XV.—Some very Unreasonable Conduct ]109[Chapter XVI.—What Occurred Next Morning ]118[Chapter XVII.—In which Mr. Pagebrook Bids his Friends Good-by ]123[Chapter XVIII.—Mr. Pagebrook Goes to Work ]128[Chapter XIX.—A Short Chapter, not very interesting, perhaps, but of some Importance in the Story, as the Reader will probably discover after awhile ]134[Chapter XX.—Cousin Sarah Ann Takes Robert's Part ]138[Chapter XXI.—Miss Barksdale Expresses some Opinions ]143[Chapter XXII.—Mr. Sharp Does His Duty ]150[Chapter XXIII.—Mr. Pagebrook Takes a Lesson in the Law ]158[Chapter XXIV.—Mr. Pagebrook Cuts himself loose from the Past and Plans a Future ]163[Chapter XXV.—In which Miss Sudie Acts very Unreasonably ]166[Chapter XXVI.—In which Miss Sudie Adopts the Socratic Method. ]175[Chapter XXVII.—Mr. Pagebrook Accepts an Invitation to Lunch and another Invitation ]181[Chapter XXVIII.—Major Pagebrook asserts himself ]188[Chapter XXIX.—Mr. Barksdale, the Younger, Goes upon a Journey ]198[Chapter XXX.—The younger Mr. Barksdale Asks to be put upon His Oath ]204[Chapter XXXI.—Mr. William Barksdale Explains ]208[Chapter XXXII.—Which Is also The Last ]216