CONTENTS

BOOK I
CHAPTER   PAGE
I.  THE HEIR 1
II.  AT GARVIEKIRK 14
III.  FRIENDSHIP 24
IV.  JIMMY 36
V.  THE STRIFE OF TONGUES 49
VI.  THE DOVECOTE OF MORPHIE 59
VII.  THE LOOKING-GLASS 73
VIII.  THE HOUSE IN THE CLOSE 81
IX.  ON FOOT AND ON WHEELS 91
X.  KING COPHETUA’S CORRESPONDENCE 101
XI.  THE MOUSE AND THE LION 111
XII.  GRANNIE TAKES A STRONG ATTITUDE 117
XIII.  PLAIN SPEAKING 127
XIV.  STORM AND BROWN SILK 140
XV.  THE THIRD VOICE 150
XVI.  BETWEEN LADY ELIZA AND CECILIA 160
XVII.  CECILIA PAYS HER DEBTS 168
XVIII.  THE BOX WITH THE LAUREL-WREATH 177
BOOK II
XIX.  SIX MONTHS 186
XX.  ROCKET 194
XXI.  THE BROKEN LINK 205
XXII.  CECILIA SEES THE WILD GEESE 215
XXIII.  AN EMPTY HOUSE 225
XXIV.  A ROYAL VISIT 234
XXV.  MRS. SOMERVILLE HAS SCRUPLES 241
XXVI.  ALEXANDER BARCLAY DOES HIS BEST 251
XXVII.  THE SKY FALLS ON GILBERT 257
XXVIII.  AGNETA ON THE UNEXPECTED 269
XXIX.  THE QUEEN OF THE CADGERS TAKES THE ROAD 275
XXX.  MORPHIE KIRK 286
  EPILOGUE 298