CONTENTS PART I CHAPTER I.--BETTER THAN LONDON II.--SACRIFICE III.--MAGIC IV.--BROTHER DICK V.--THE GREAT MAN VI.--THE VISITOR VII.--THE OFFER VIII.--MRS. FIELDING IX.--THE INTRUDER PART II I.--THE WAND OF OFFICE II.--MIDSUMMER MADNESS III.--A DRAWN BATTLE IV.--A POINT OF HONOUR V.--THE WAY TO HAPPINESS VI.--RECONCILIATION VII.--THE SPELL VIII.--THE HONOURS OF WAR PART III I.--BIRDS OF A FEATHER II.--SALTASH III.--THE PRICE IV.--KISMET V.--THE DRIVING FORCE VI.--THE SISTER OF MERCY VII.--THE SACRIFICE VIII.--THE MESSAGE IX.--THE ANSWER PART IV I.--THE FREE GIFT II.--FRIENDSHIP III.--CONFESSION IV.--COUNSEL V.--THE THUNDERBOLT VI.--COALS OF FIRE VII.--FLIGHT VIII.--OUT OF THE NIGHT IX.--THE FREE PARDON X.--THE LAST FENCE