PREFACE

I.  WHAT WAS SEEN FROM THE WINDOW OVERLOOKING THE DOWN

II.  SOMEBODY KNOCKS AND COMES IN

III.  THE MILL BECOMES AN IMPORTANT CENTRE OF OPERATIONS

IV.  WHO WERE PRESENT AT THE MILLER’S LITTLE ENTERTAINMENT

V.  THE SONG AND THE STRANGER

VI.  OLD MR. DERRIMAN OF OXWELL HALL

VII.  HOW THEY TALKED IN THE PASTURES

VIII.  ANNE MAKES A CIRCUIT OF THE CAMP

IX.  ANNE IS KINDLY FETCHED BY THE TRUMPET-MAJOR

X. THE MATCH-MAKING VIRTUES OF A DOUBLE GARDEN

XI.  OUR PEOPLE ARE AFFECTED BY THE PRESENCE OF ROYALTY

XII.  HOW EVERYBODY GREAT AND SMALL CLIMBED TO THE TOP OF THE DOWNS

XIII.  THE CONVERSATION IN THE CROWD

XIV.  LATER IN THE EVENING OF THE SAME DAY

XV.  ‘CAPTAIN’ BOB LOVEDAY OF THE MERCHANT SERVICE

XVI.  THEY MAKE READY FOR THE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER

XVII.  TWO FAINTING FITS AND A BEWILDERMENT

XVIII.  THE NIGHT AFTER THE ARRIVAL

XIX.  MISS JOHNSON’S BEHAVIOUR CAUSES NO LITTLE SURPRISE

XX.  HOW THEY LESSENED THE EFFECT OF THE CALAMITY

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.  ANNE 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

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