[Pg vii] LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. "Between whose Jagged Mullions flowed the Silvery Light"; Frontispiece "'Allow me one Moment,' I said"; Facing page 70 "Sprawling in the Yellow Stubble"; 90 "Why, it must at least be a Princess"; 146 "Her sweet, kind Face as white as a Shroud"; 168 "She turned away her Face"; 218 "At the Door she turned, with a proud and calm Farewell to me"; 238 "What little there is, is entirely a genuine Article"; 274 "Sûr Imar received us with a Loving Smile"; 300 "A Woman of Great Substance rushed up and caught her"; 308 "'Rot!' I replied, with less Elegance than Terseness"; 340 "'I tell you what,' he said, turning round and looking at me with Authority"; 378 "Gazed at the Captain till he scarce knew where he was"; 416 "'Yes, I see,' he answered softly"; 504
1892. CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I. The Head of the Family 1 II. The Swing of the Pickaxe 7 III. Oakleaf Potatoes 14 IV. Cripps in a Quandary 21 V. A Ride through the Snow 24 VI. The Public of the "Public" 30 VII. The Best Foot foremost 37 VIII. Balderdash 43 IX. Cripps in Affliction 50 X. All dead against him 55 XI. Knocker versus Bell-pull 60 XII. Mr. John Smith 68 XIII. Mr. Smith is active 74 XIV. So is Mr. Sharp 79 XV. A Spotted Dog 85 XVI. A Grand Smock-frock 91 XVII. Installed at Brasenose 98 XVIII. A Flash of Light 104 XIX. A Stormy Night 110 XX. Cripps draws the Cork 120 XXI. Cinnaminta 127 XXII. A Delicate Subject 132 XXIII. Quite another Pair of Socks! 141 XXIV. Suo sibi baculo 149 XXV. Miss Patch 157 XXVI. Ruts 164 XXVII. Rats 173 XXVIII. Boots on 180 XXIX. A Spider's Dinner-party 190 XXX. The Fire-bell 198 XXXI. Throw Physic to the Dogs 206 XXXII. Cripps on Celibacy 214 XXXIII. Kit 223 XXXIV. A Woolhopian 230 XXXV. Nightingales 237 XXXVI. May Morn 242 XXXVII. May-Day 248 XXXVIII. The Dignity of the Family 259 XXXIX. A Tombstone 267 XL. Let me out 276 XLI. Reason and Unreason 284 XLII. Meeting the Coach 291 XLIII. The Motive 300 XLIV. The Manner 307 XLV. The Position 313 XLVI. In the Meshes 324 XLVII. Combined Wisdom 335 XLVIII. Masculine Error 342 XLIX. Prometheus Vinctus 351 L. Feminine Error 361 LI. Unfilial 367 LII. Unpaternal 375 LIII. "This will do" 386 LIV. Cripps brings home the Crown 391 LV. Smith to the Rescue 402 LVI. Fatal Accident to the Carrier 410