XXI. 'UPON THE HILL HE TURNED'
XXII. THE TWO HOUSEHOLDS UNITED
XXIII. MILITARY PREPARATIONS ON AN EXTENDED SCALE
XXIV. A LETTER, A VISITOR, AND A TIN BOX
XXV. FESTUS SHOWS HIS LOVE
XXVI. THE ALARM
XXVII. DANGER TO ANNE
XXVIII. ANNIE DOES WONDERS
XXIX. A DISSEMBLER
XXX. AT THE THEATRE ROYAL
XXXI. MIDNIGHT VISITORS
XXXII. DELIVERANCE
XXXIII. A DISCOVERY TURNS THE SCALE
XXXIV. A SPECK ON THE SEA
XXXV. A SAILOR ENTERS
XXXVI. DERRIMAN SEES CHANCES
XXXVII. REACTION
XXXVIII. A DELICATE SITUATION
XXXIX. BOB LOVEDAY STRUTS UP AND DOWN
XL. A CALL ON BUSINESS
XLI. JOHN MARCHES INTO THE NIGHT



I. WHAT WAS SEEN FROM THE WINDOW OVERLOOKING THE DOWN

In the days of high-waisted and muslin-gowned women, when the vast
amount of soldiering going on in the country was a cause of much
trembling to the sex, there lived in a village near the Wessex coast
two ladies of good report, though unfortunately of limited means.