Chapter I: Book I: Chapter Page

I. THE HEIR 1

II. AT GARVIEKIRK 14

III. FRIENDSHIP 24

IV. JIMMY 36

V. THE STRIFE OF TONGUES 49

VI. THE DOVECOTE OF MORPHIE 59

VII. THE LOOKING-GLASS 73

VIII. THE HOUSE IN THE CLOSE 81

IX. ON FOOT AND ON WHEELS 91

X. KING COPHETUA’S CORRESPONDENCE 101

XI. THE MOUSE AND THE LION 111

XII. GRANNIE TAKES A STRONG ATTITUDE 117

XIII. PLAIN SPEAKING 127

XIV. STORM AND BROWN SILK 140

XV. THE THIRD VOICE 150

XVI. BETWEEN LADY ELIZA AND CECILIA 160

XVII. CECILIA PAYS HER DEBTS 168

XVIII. THE BOX WITH THE LAUREL-WREATH 177

BOOK II

XIX. SIX MONTHS 186

XX. ROCKET 194

XXI. THE BROKEN LINK 205

XXII. CECILIA SEES THE WILD GEESE 215

XXIII. AN EMPTY HOUSE 225

XXIV. A ROYAL VISIT 234

XXV. MRS. SOMERVILLE HAS SCRUPLES 241

XXVI. ALEXANDER BARCLAY DOES HIS BEST 251

XXVII. THE SKY FALLS ON GILBERT 257

XXVIII. AGNETA ON THE UNEXPECTED 269

XXIX. THE QUEEN OF THE CADGERS TAKES THE ROAD 275

XXX. MORPHIE KIRK 286

EPILOGUE 298