[CHAPTER XVII.]

“The Chequers,” at Westminster.—Britton’s Notions of Greatness.—“When the Wine is In, the Wit is Out.”

[CHAPTER XVIII.]

The Lone Max.—The Voice of Conscience.

[CHAPTER XIX.]

Learmont’s Adventure.—A Discovery.—The Haunted House.—Exultation, and a Resolution.

[CHAPTER XX.]

The Guide.—The Old House.—The Murder.

[CHAPTER XXI.]

A Sunny Morning.—The Chamber in the Old House.