CHAPTER | | PAGE |
I. | A Remarkable Episode, Hitherto Unrecorded, in the Voyage of the “Mayflower” | 1 |
II. | The Waddys of Dullish Court, from Whitegift to Our Hero | 6 |
III. | In Which Mr. Waddy Reaches Halifax and Meets with a Misadventure | 13 |
IV. | A Gentle Lady of Fortune Decides to Face a Storm | 24 |
V. | A Wreck and a Rescue | 30 |
VI. | In Which Miss Sullivan Finds Many Reasons for Departure | 40 |
VII. | A Peppery Invalid Who Dreams Dreams and Brings Bad News | 50 |
VIII. | Mr. Waddy Muses upon Fate and Undertakes a Commission | 58 |
IX. | The Nabob Re-enters Civilisation | 65 |
X. | Our Hero Renews His Youth in the Warmth of an Old Friendship | 73 |
XI. | In Which the Reader is Allowed to Worship at the Shrine | 88 |
XII. | The Parable of a Humble Beast of Burden and of Lilies that Toil Not | 97 |
XIII. | The Reader is Presented to Two Charming Girls, and so is Major Granby | 107 |
XIV. | Protective Scandals and Other Diverting Humours of a Fashionable Watering-Place | 126 |
XV. | Mr. Waddy Receives a Letter and Gets out His Pistols | 148 |
XVI. | In Which Mr. Horace Belden Prospers Certain Plans | 163 |
XVII. | Mr. Belden Contemplates Villainies New and Old | 177 |
XVIII. | The Brave Prepare for a Race, the Fair for a Picnic | 184 |
XIX. | Miss Center’s Birthday Party and What Occurred Thereat | 196 |
XX. | Chin Chin and Peter Skerrett Seize the Forelock of Opportunity | 220 |
XXI. | The Story of Diana and Endymion | 233 |
XXII. | In Which Mr. Belden Reaches the End of His Rope | 241 |
XXIII. | A Voyage of Unknown Length | 258 |
XXIV. | Mr. Waddy Accomplishes His Return | 266 |