BOOK THE SECOND

I. BITS OF LIFE.
II. A COMPACT.
III. BAFFLED.
IV. FOR THE HIGHEST BIDDER.
V. THE TEAR ON THE SWORD.
VI. THE COUNT STANDS BY.
VII. A VOYAGE.
VIII. A GREAT FIGHT.
IX. THE EDITOR'S ROOM.
X. THE CURTAIN LOWERS.
XI. "MILKSOP".
XII. THE END OF THE "CROONAH."
XIII. AT D'ERRAHA AGAIN.
XIV. THE COUNT'S STORY.



BOOK THE FIRST.



CHAPTER I. TWO IN THE FIELD.

Qui n'accepte pas le regret n'accepte pas la vie.

The train technically known as the "Flying Dutchman," tearing
through the plains of Taunton, and in a first-class carriage by