CONTENTS

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[I.]THE COMING OF THE LODGER[9]
[II.]A DOWNING STREET SENSATION[20]
[III.]THE AIR-RAID[35]
[IV.]THE DUPLICATION OF MR. HEARTY[41]
[V.]THE GATHERING OF THE BANDS[50]
[VI.]MR. GUPPERDUCK'S MISHAP[61]
[VII.]THE COURTING OF THE REV. ANDREW MACFIE[69]
[VIII.]THE CHAPEL CONVERSAZIONE[80]
[IX.]THE LETTING OF NUMBER SIX[95]
[X.]THE DOWNFALL OF MR. JABEZ STIFFSON[105]
[XI.]THE CAMOUFLAGING OF MR. GUPPERDUCK[117]
[XII.]THE TRAGEDY OF GIUSEPPI ANTONIO TOLMENICINO[123]
[XIII.]THE RETURN OF CHARLIE DIXON[135]
[XIV.]MR. HEARTY YIELDS[142]
[XV.]A BILLETING ADVENTURE[150]
[XVI.]MILLIE'S WEDDING[162]

All the characters in this book are entirely imaginary and have no relation whatsoever to any living persons.