X. A LAST THROW

XI. A CARPET KNIGHT

XII. BAD NEWS

XIII. ON THIN ICE

XIV. THE CURSE OF A GOOD INTENTION

XV. THE TOUCH OF NATURE

XVI. THE SPIDER AND THE FLY

XVII. TWO MOTIVES

XVIII. LIKE SHIPS UPON THE SEA

XIX. AT HURLINGHAM

XX. IN A SIDE PATH

XXI. ALONE

XXII. ACROSS THE YEARS

XXIII. AND THE TIME PASSES SOMEHOW

XXIV. A STAB IN THE DARK