CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I
CONCERNING HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF PADDINGTON[1]
CHAPTER II
"HAIR LIKE RIPE CORN"[18]
CHAPTER III
A MOST SURPRISING DAY[28]
CHAPTER IV
THE MAN WITH THE MUSTARD-COLOURED BEARD[43]
CHAPTER V
"TO INAUGURATE A REVOLUTION!"[56]
CHAPTER VI
THE GREAT NEW PLAN[68]
CHAPTER VII
KIDNAPPING UPON SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES[80]
CHAPTER VIII
"IN CELLAR COOL!"[92]
CHAPTER IX
MARY MARRIOTT'S INITIATION[103]
CHAPTER X
NEWS ARRIVES AT OXFORD[115]
CHAPTER XI
THE DISCOVERY[126]
CHAPTER XII
AT THE BISHOP'S TOWN HOUSE[139]
CHAPTER XIII
NEW FRIENDS: NEW IDEAS[149]
CHAPTER XIV
AT THE PARK LANE THEATRE[169]
CHAPTER XV
THE MANUSCRIPT IN THE LIBRARY[190]
CHAPTER XVI
ARTHUR BURNSIDE'S VIEWS[201]
CHAPTER XVII
THE COMING OF LOVE[212]
CHAPTER XVIII
A LOVER, AND NEWS OF LOVERS[234]
CHAPTER XIX
TROUBLED WATERS[256]
CHAPTER XX
THE DUKE KNOWS AT LAST[269]
CHAPTER XXI
IN THE STAGE BOX AT THE PARK LANE THEATRE[279]
CHAPTER XXII
THE SUPPER ON THE STAGE[291]
CHAPTER XXIII
POINTS OF VIEW FROM A DUKE, A BISHOP, A VISCOUNT,
AND THE DAUGHTER OF AN EARL
[304]
CHAPTER XXIV
"LOVE CROWNS THE DEED"[315]
CHAPTER XXV
EPILOGUE[326]

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