[XXXVII OPINIONS OF HINZELMANN]

[XXXVIII FAREWELL TO SUSKIND]

[XXXIX THE PASSING OF MANUEL]

[XL COLOPHON: DA CAPO]

To

SIX MOST GALLANT CHAMPIONS

Is dedicated this history of a champion: less to repay than to acknowledge large debts to each of them, collectively at outset, as hereafter seriatim.