Chapter I: Front Matter

The Storm.--"Bill of Particulars" not Demanded.--Sage Assurance
of an Oxford Graduate.--The Dream.

CHAPTER III 11

An Interesting Meeting.--A Barrier and Siege.--At the Parish
Church.--Strange Sense of Familiarity at First Sight.--Esther's
Friend from London.--Alice Webster as an Interloper.--Alice's
Infatuation.--Visit of Paul Lanier.--Lake Excursion.--Two
Proposals.

CHAPTER IV 46

A London Conference.--The Lawsuit.--The Lake Tragedy.--Paul's
Fright.--Trip to London.--Investigations of Sir Donald
and the Solicitors.--The Hyde Park Confidence.--Thames Boat-Ride.--An
Embarrassing Situation.--Splash of Two Bodies.--At
House of Jack Bray.--A Mysterious Drive.

CHAPTER V 67

Parental "Air Castles."--An Unexpected Call.--Hurried
Departure.--Southampton Wharf Toughs and Bullying
Official.--Sledge-Hammer Blows of Drooping
Pedestrian.--Aboard Ship.--An "Ishmaelite" Finding "Casus Belli"
in Fate.--Tempest on Bay of Biscay.

CHAPTER VI 73

Return from Opera.--Esther Piqued at Alice's Conduct.--Search
for Oswald and Alice.--Finding of Hat and Handkerchief.--Harassed
by Reporters and Detectives.--Sleuths Employed by
Sir Donald.--An Optimist Turned Nemesis.--Esther's Clouded
Vision.--Sir Donald's Bluff.--The Conspirators Quit London.--Sir
Donald and Esther Leave for Paris.

CHAPTER VII 85

Oswald in India.--Calcutta too Cosmopolitan.--Seeking
Employment.--Trip to the Himalayas.

CHAPTER VIII 89

Pierre and Paul in Bombay.--A Rich Englishman and his Niece.--The
Laniers Dine with Sir Charles Chesterton.--Mutual Infatuation
of Paul and Agnes.--Paul's Proposal.--Sir Charles
Demands Pedigree and Inventory.--Sir Charles and Pierre Vie
in Villainous Recitals.--Matrimonial Decision Postponed.--Sir
Charles and Pierre Sail for Calcutta.--Paul's Growing
Infatuation.--Agnes' Caprices.--Thursday Evening Call.--The Tableau,
"Eugene Aram" Dream Lines Recital.--Chesterton Rooms Vacated.

CHAPTER IX 101

Interest in Paris Poor.--Losing Zeal for Man-Capture.--The
Hospital Confession.--The Convalescent's Mysterious Departure--The
Trip to Calcutta.

CHAPTER X 132

At Himalaya Camp.--"Lion" and "Bear."--"For Good of
Kaiser and Tsar."--Tippoo Kalidasa.--Claude Leslie.--Camp
Discussions.--"Citizen of the World."--Doctrine of "Merger."--New
York's "Four Hundred."--The Four Bandits.--Decorating
Graves of the Robbers.--"Vot Sendimendals!"

CHAPTER XI 155

Paul Haunted.--That Grewsome Drapery of Seaweed.--The
Sunday Call.--Chesterton Rooms Vacant.--Pierre's Letter.--"Josiah
Peters" Sails from Bombay.

CHAPTER XII 160

Search for Dodge Family.--Sir Donald and Esther "Shadowed."--The
Metamorphosed Stranger.--Mrs. McLaren Locates Mrs.
Dodge.--Visit of Sir Donald.--The Plot.--Arrest of the
Conspirators.--Dodge's Confession.--Release of the Laniers.

CHAPTER XIII 186

Survey Expedition Disbanded.--The Star.--Oswald Sees Pierre
and Paul.--Meets Esther and Sir Donald.--The Call.--Esther's
Changed Manners.--Sir Donald's Tactics.

CHAPTER XIV 201

The Laniers Puzzled at Their Release.--Tentacles of the
Octopus Contracting.--Sir Donald and His Detectives Mystified.--Flight
of Pierre and Paul.

CHAPTER XV 210

The Retrospect.--Acquiesces in Fate's Opening Seals.

CHAPTER XVI 212

The Fugitives Disguised in London.--Paul's Caprices.--Advises
Pierre to "Avoid River Fogs."--Changed Shifts.

CHAPTER XVII 219

Back at Northfield.--Esther's Musings.--The Boat-Ride.--Repetition
of "Eugene Aram" Dream Lines.

CHAPTER XVIII 225

On the "Tramp" Steamer.--Odd Conceits.--The Handsome
Stranger.--The Consumptive.--"Ermine" Function.--It will be
All Right with Mother.--The Image Reflection.--The Stuttering
German.--Human Transfiguration.--Promethean Myth.--White
Heat of Life's Crucible.--Mother Left Out.--Arrival at New
York.

CHAPTER XIX 237

Thames Pantomimes.--Pierre Discovers Paul's Craze.--Seeks to
Elude Pursuer.--A Long Swoon.--Paul's Vigils.--The Pose and
Threat.

CHAPTER XX 247

Rasping Paradoxes.--Becoming Pessimistic.--Conference with
Chief Detective.--Charles at Home.--Criticises Oswald Langdon.--"A
Daniel Come to Judgment."

CHAPTER XXI 261

Studies Paul's Crazed Peculiarities.--Paul Missing.--His Return.--The
New Dagger.--The Alarm Clock.--Sleeps on his Father's
Arm.--Tragic Awakening.--The Arrests.

CHAPTER XXII 268

The "Corpus Delicti."--Sir Donald's Queer "Find."--Bessie
"Bottled."--"Cometh without Observation."--Charles and the
Interesting Strangers.--Visit of Veiled Woman.--Night Trip
to Northfield.--An Upturned Bloody Face.--Paul in Esther's
Room.--Call at Detective Headquarters.--A Misunderstanding.--Learns
of the Arrests.--A Recognition.--Mute Benediction.

CHAPTER XXIII 302
A Strange Story.

CHAPTER XXIV 363

At the Threshold of a New World's View.--The "Modus
Vivendi."--Letters to Sir Donald.--Oswald and the Newsboy.--Escorted
to "Old Slip."--The Arraignment.--"Turn Your Kidnaper
Loose."--Diplomatic Man-Catcher.--Oswald Attends
Church.--"Overcoming the World."--Meets Claude Leslie in
Central Park.--Enigma to Social Belles.--Claude Leaves for the
West.--Marco Salvini.--At Saint Vincent's.--The Delirium.--"The
Star! The Star! Mother!"--Inverted Spike-Prints.--Mystic
Whisperings--The Letter.