| CHAPTER | PAGE |
| I.—Comethup enters life disastrously | 1 |
| II.—And makes discoveries | 10 |
| III.—The ghost of a little child | 20 |
| IV.—The captain plays the knight-errant | 40 |
| V.—Tells of an erring woman | 55 |
| VI.—The captain in strange company | 62 |
| VII.—In which separations are suggested | 79 |
| VIII.—Comethup suffers a loss | 88 |
| IX.—The coming of Aunt Charlotte | 100 |
| X.—Comethup leaves the old life | 115 |
| XI.—And becomes a personage | 131 |
| XII.—The captain speaks his mind | 141 |
| XIII.—A retrospect—and a fluttering of hearts | 158 |
| XIV.—An incubus, and the demon of jealousy | 175 |
| XV.—Comethup practises deception | 183 |
| XVI.—Comethup is shadowed | 199 |
| XVII.—The beginnings of a genius | 214 |
| XVIII.—Aunt Charlotte is sympathetic | 231 |
| XIX.—Genius asserts itself | 247 |
| XX.—The desertion of a parent | 262 |
| XXI.—Genius and the domestic virtues | 276 |
| XXII.—A second desertion | 286 |
| XXIII.—Comethup drives a bargain | 301 |
| XXIV.—Uncle Robert has an inspiration | 311 |
| XXV.—The fall of Prince Charming | 327 |
| XXVI.—Brian pays his debts | 332 |
| XXVII.—The pleading of the captain | 351 |
| XXVIII.—Medmer melts a silver spoon | 361 |
| XXIX.—Comethup learns the truth | 369 |
| XXX.—Aunt Charlotte attends a celebration | 374 |
