Chapter I: Prologue: 1

I. A WARRANT UPON DOUGLAS 18

II. ON THE WAY TO CASTLE YEWE 32

III. OF A NIGHT IN THE RED TAVERN 44

IV. THE INCIDENT OF THE WOLF-HOUND 59

V. THE INCIDENT OF THE CUTTING OF SAFFRON VELVET 81

VI. THE PAVILION OF PURPLE AND BLACK 94

VII. OF THE AWAKENING OF SIR RICHARD 104

VIII. OF A QUARREL AND A CHALLENGE 117

IX. OF AN AMBUSCADE, A DUEL, AND AN ESCAPE 133

X. OF A NIGHT IN A SHEPHERD'S HUT, AND A SURPRISE IN THE
MORNING 147

XI. OF HOW SIR RICHARD CAME TO CASTLE YEWE 165

XII. OF THE DELIVERY OF THE KING'S WARRANT 187

XIII. OF THE INCIDENT OF THE COBBLER'S FEAST 205

XIV. OF A SERIES OF REMARKABLE DUELS, AND DE CLAVERLOK'S PERIL 217

XV. OF THE GALLERY OF THE GRIFFIN'S HEADS 229

XVI. OF THE RETURN OF LORD DOUGLAS, AND THE COUNCIL OF JACKDAWS 250

XVII. OF A JOUST WITH BULL BENGOUGH, AND THE INCIDENT OF THE
KNIGHT IN BLACK 267

XVIII. OF SIR RICHARD'S MEETING WITH THE FOOT-BOYS, AND HIS
RETURN TO THE RED TAVERN 285

XIX. OF THE RESCUE OF THE MAIDEN 300

XX. OF HOW SIR RICHARD CAME TO THE SHEPHERD'S HUT, AND THE
RETURN OF TYRRELL 320

XXI. OF HOW SIR RICHARD LISTENED TO A STORY IN THE FOREST 335

XXII. OF HOW ONCE MORE THE YOUNG KNIGHT JOURNEYED SOUTHWARD 343

XXIII. OF A VISION IN THE FOREST OF LAMMERMUIR 358

XXIV. OF HOW SIR RICHARD PLAYED THE KING IN HIS LITTLE KINGDOM 369

XXV. OF THE END OF THE RED TAVERN AND ITS FITTING EPITAPH 382

XXVI. OF HOW A FLEDGLING DROPPED FROM THE CONSPIRATOR'S NEST 397

THE RED TAVERN