CONTENTS.

[I. “SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?”]

[II. A COMMUNITY OF INTERESTS]

[III. FELLOW-TRAVELLERS]

[IV. AGAINST HIS WILL]

[V. ACROSS THE FRONTIER]

[VI. AN OFFER OF CO-OPERATION]

[VII. THE MAN WHO DISAPPEARED]

[VIII. EAST MEETS WEST]

[IX. STRAINED RELATIONS]

[X. CAUGHT AND CAGED]

[XI. THE RANKS ARE THINNED]

[XII. THE STANDARD-BEARER FALLS]

[XIII. A PROFESSIONAL SUMMONS]

[XIV. AN ULTIMATUM]

[XV. ONE CROWDED HOUR]

[XVI. A CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES]

[XVII. POINTS OF VIEW]

[XVIII. RETREAT CUT OFF]

[XIX. THE VALUE OF A REPUTATION]

[XX. FOR THE HONOUR OF ENGLAND’S SAKE]

[XXI. FOR A CONSIDERATION]

[XXII. A SILENCE THAT WAS GOLDEN]

[XXIII. HARDLY WON]

[XXIV. VIS MEDICATRIX]

[EPILOGUE]