Chapter II: Foreword: 9

I. A BIG GIFT FOR A SMALL MAID 11

II. INVITATIONS TO A CRUISE OF LOVING KINDNESS 25

III. THE DIFFICULTIES OF GETTING UNDER WAY 44

IV. MATTERS ARE SETTLED 62

V. THE STORM AND WHAT FOLLOWED 76

VI. A MULE AND MELON TRANSACTION 92

VII. VISITORS 105

VIII. THE COLONEL'S REVELATION 121

IX. FISH AND MONKEYS 138

X. A MERE ANNE ARUNDEL GUST 154

XI. A MORNING CALL OF MONKEYS 165

XII. UNDER THE PERSIMMON TREE 180

XIII. WHAT LAY UNDER THE WALKING FERN 195

XIV. THE REDEMPTION OF A PROMISE 213

XV. IN THE HEART OF AN ANCIENT WOOD 229

XVI. WHEN THE MONKEYS' CAGE WAS CLEANED 243

XVII. CONCLUSION 254