CONTENTS [I THE LORD ADMIRAL’S PLAYERS] [II NICHOLAS ATTWOOD’S HOME] [III THE LAST STRAW] [IV OFF FOR COVENTRY] [V IN THE WARWICK ROAD] [VI THE MASTER-PLAYER] [VII “WELL SUNG, MASTER SKYLARK!”] [VIII THE ADMIRAL’S COMPANY] [IX THE MAY-DAY PLAY] [X AFTER THE PLAY] [XI DISOWNED] [XII A STRANGE RIDE] [XIII A DASH FOR FREEDOM] [XIV AT BAY] [XV LONDON TOWN] [XVI MA’M’SELLE CICELY CAREW] [XVII CAREW’S OFFER] [XVIII MASTER HEYWOOD PROTESTS] [XIX THE ROSE PLAY-HOUSE] [XX DISAPPOINTMENT] [XXI “THE CHILDREN OF PAUL’S”] [XXII THE SKYLARK’S SONG] [XXIII A NEW LIFE] [XXIV THE MAKING OF A PLAYER] [XXV THE WANING OF THE YEAR] [XXVI TO SING BEFORE THE QUEEN] [XXVII THE QUEEN’S PLAISANCE] [XXVIII CHRISTMAS WITH QUEEN BESS] [XXIX BACK TO GASTON CAREW] [XXX AT THE FALCON INN] [XXXI IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE] [XXXII THE LAST OF GASTON CAREW] [XXXIII CICELY DISAPPEARS] [XXXIV THE BANDY-LEGGED MAN] [XXXV A SUDDEN RESOLVE] [XXXVI WAYFARING HOME] [XXXVII TURNED ADRIFT] [XXXVIII A STRANGE DAY] [XXXIX ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL]