CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| CHAPTER I | |
|---|---|
| CONCERNING HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF PADDINGTON | [1] |
| CHAPTER II | |
| "HAIR LIKE RIPE CORN" | [18] |
| CHAPTER III | |
| A MOST SURPRISING DAY | [28] |
| CHAPTER IV | |
| THE MAN WITH THE MUSTARD-COLOURED BEARD | [43] |
| CHAPTER V | |
| "TO INAUGURATE A REVOLUTION!" | [56] |
| CHAPTER VI | |
| THE GREAT NEW PLAN | [68] |
| CHAPTER VII | |
| KIDNAPPING UPON SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES | [80] |
| CHAPTER VIII | |
| "IN CELLAR COOL!" | [92] |
| CHAPTER IX | |
| MARY MARRIOTT'S INITIATION | [103] |
| CHAPTER X | |
| NEWS ARRIVES AT OXFORD | [115] |
| CHAPTER XI | |
| THE DISCOVERY | [126] |
| CHAPTER XII | |
| AT THE BISHOP'S TOWN HOUSE | [139] |
| CHAPTER XIII | |
| NEW FRIENDS: NEW IDEAS | [149] |
| CHAPTER XIV | |
| AT THE PARK LANE THEATRE | [169] |
| CHAPTER XV | |
| THE MANUSCRIPT IN THE LIBRARY | [190] |
| CHAPTER XVI | |
| ARTHUR BURNSIDE'S VIEWS | [201] |
| CHAPTER XVII | |
| THE COMING OF LOVE | [212] |
| CHAPTER XVIII | |
| A LOVER, AND NEWS OF LOVERS | [234] |
| CHAPTER XIX | |
| TROUBLED WATERS | [256] |
| CHAPTER XX | |
| THE DUKE KNOWS AT LAST | [269] |
| CHAPTER XXI | |
| IN THE STAGE BOX AT THE PARK LANE THEATRE | [279] |
| CHAPTER XXII | |
| THE SUPPER ON THE STAGE | [291] |
| CHAPTER XXIII | |
| POINTS OF VIEW FROM A DUKE, A BISHOP, A VISCOUNT, AND THE DAUGHTER OF AN EARL | [304] |
| CHAPTER XXIV | |
| "LOVE CROWNS THE DEED" | [315] |
| CHAPTER XXV | |
| EPILOGUE | [326] |
THE SOCIALIST
CHAPTER I CONCERNING HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF PADDINGTON
There are as many social degrees in the peerage as there are in the middle and lower classes.
There are barons who are greater noblemen than earls, viscounts who are welcomed in a society that some marquises can never hope to enter—it is a question not of wealth or celebrity, but of family relationships and date of creation.