HARD PRESSED

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I A MODERN SPORTSMAN

CHAPTER II AN UNEXPECTED MEETING

CHAPTER III A LIVING FORTUNE

CHAPTER IV A GREAT TEMPTATION

CHAPTER V THE SHADOW OF DOUBT

CHAPTER VI A TRIAL SPIN ON THE DOWNS

CHAPTER VII A LEAF FROM THE PAST

CHAPTER VIII ROGUES IN COUNCIL

CHAPTER IX IN THE TOILS

CHAPTER X CONFESSION

CHAPTER XI ON THE EDGE

CHAPTER XII A LION IN THE PATH

CHAPTER XIII "AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN"

CHAPTER XIV THE POST CLUB

CHAPTER XV JOLLY & CO.

CHAPTER XVI THE NOOK

CHAPTER XVII A FAIR DAY'S SPORT

CHAPTER XVIII AN EVENING VISIT

CHAPTER XIX THE EMPTY HOUSE

CHAPTER XX INSIDE

CHAPTER XXI THE EAVESDROPPERS

CHAPTER XXII A SOLDIER OF FORTUNE

CHAPTER XXIII A CHANGE OF AIR

CHAPTER XXIV A STRANGE VISITOR

CHAPTER XXV THE DERELICT

CHAPTER XXVI A SECOND TRIAL

CHAPTER XXVII DRIVING IT HOME

CHAPTER XXVIII HONOUR BRIGHT

CHAPTER XXIX ACTING THE FRIEND

CHAPTER XXX AN ULTIMATUM

CHAPTER XXXI A POINT-BLANK REFUSAL

CHAPTER XXXII AN EASY FALL

CHAPTER XXXIII THE FIVE BASKETS

CHAPTER XXXIV NO. 5

CHAPTER XXXV A POISONOUS ATMOSPHERE

CHAPTER XXXVI FIELDEN INTERVENES

CHAPTER XXXVII BETWEEN TWO FIRES

CHAPTER XXXVIII LOOSENING THE GRIP

CHAPTER XXXIX A DRAMATIC EXIT

CHAPTER XL CAUGHT!

CHAPTER XLI HOME AGAIN

CHAPTER XLII FIRST PAST THE POST