Contents

I.A Small Dinner Becomes a Party[11]
II.Peggy is Surprised[26]
III.On the Horns of a Dilemma[40]
IV.The Search[53]
V.Friends in Need[69]
VI.Appearances Against Her[81]
VII.David Owen is Informed of the Facts[94]
VIII.Before the Council[108]
IX.Out of the Frying-Pan Into the Fire[120]
X.A Race for Life[134]
XI.The Choice of Fairfax[144]
XII.“They Must Go Home”[163]
XIII.A Woman’s Wit[176]
XIV.Marching Orders[194]
XV.The Attack on the Blockhouse[215]
XVI.“Of what Was He Guilty?”[227]
XVII.A Glimpse of Home[244]
XVIII.Herod Out Heroded[256]
XIX.The Turn of the Wheel[272]
XX.A Slight Emphasis of “That”[285]
XXI.Chosen by Lot[303]
XXII.What Can Be Done?[318]
XXIII.A Little Humor Despite a Grim Situation[334]
XXIV.“Thee May Tell Him at the Last”[348]
XXV.At Headquarters[363]
XXVI.The Adventure of the Glen[376]
XXVII.The Safeguard of his Honor[392]
XXVIII.“How Could She Know?”[407]
XXIX.In the Shadow of Death[424]
XXX.And Then the End[437]