1. [ In the Garrison Garden 1 ]
  2. [ Sergeant Archelaus is Re-Fitted12 ]
  3. [ The Commandant Finesses a Knave28 ]
  4. [ The Gun in the Great Fog44 ]
  5. [ The S.S. Milo56 ]
  6. [ How Vashti Came to the Islands71 ]
  7. [ Tribulations of Mrs. Pope and Miss Gabriel84 ]
  8. [ A Brief Revenge97 ]
  9. [ The Salving of S.S. Milo106 ]
  10. [ The Adventures of Four Shillings125 ]
  11. [ Plan of Campaign142 ]
  12. [ Saaron Island158 ]
  13. [ The Lady from the Sea174 ]
  14. [ After Service190 ]
  15. [ Brefar Church205 ]
  16. [ The Lord Proprietor's Audience221 ]
  17. [ The Lord Proprietor Receives a Double Shock232 ]
  18. [ Vashti Pleads for Saaron243 ]
  19. [ The Commandant's Conscience262 ]
  20. [ The Guitar and the Casement277 ]
  21. [ Suspicions293 ]
  22. [ Piper's Hole306 ]
  23. [ The Lord Proprietor Hears a Siren Song320 ]
  24. [ Linnet Sees a Mermaid337 ]
  25. [ Missing!344 ]
  26. [ The Search356 ]
  27. [ Enter the Commissioner373 ]
  28. [ The Finding387 ]
  29. [ Conclusion399 ]

MAJOR VIGOUREUX

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CHAPTER I

IN THE GARRISON GARDEN

"Archelaus," said the Commandant, "where did you get those trousers?" Sergeant Archelaus, who, as he dug in the neglected garden, had been exposing a great quantity of back-view (for he was a long man), straightened himself up, faced about, and, grounding his long-handled spade as it were a musket, stood with palms crossed over the top of it.

"Off the Lord Proprietor," he answered.

The Commandant, seated on a bench under the veronica hedge, a few yards higher up the slope, laid down his book, took off his spectacles, wiped them, and replaced them very deliberately.