CONTENTS
CHAP.   PAGE
I.  IN THE TRAIN 1
II.  IN THE VILLAGE 8
III.  A RANTAN 17
IV.  THE HOME THAT WAS RANTANNED 24
V.  AN ADVENTURE IN THE NIGHT 31
VI.  THE NEXT MORNING 46
VII.  TIM 53
VIII.  A MORNING CALL 60
IX.  AT THE FARM 72
X.  AN AFTERNOON VISITOR 84
XI.  THE FARMER’S DAUGHTER 103
XII.  A CLASS MEETING 111
XIII.  THE RETURN OF THE FATHER, AND THE LAST OF THE RANTAN 123
XIV.  IN SUMMER DAYS 130
XV.  MR JAMES GILLAN MEETS HIS UNCLE 135
XVI.  AN OMINOUS CONFLICT AND A FINAL RESOLVE 140
XVII.  A PLEASANT EVENING 147
XVIII.  A TERRIBLE NIGHT 154
XIX.  NAT AND THE SQUIRE 157
XX.  A BETRAYAL AND A FALL 165
XXI.  LYING ON THE DOOR-STEP 178
XXII.  IN THE HOME NEAR THE THACKBUSK 183
XXIII.  ALICE AND TIM MAKE RESOLUTIONS 188
XXIV.  NAT IN DESPAIR 202
XXV.  TIM AND ANNIE 212
XXVI.  IN WINTER NIGHTS 218
XXVII.  JENNY HEARS STRANGE WORDS IN THE DARKNESS 223
XXVIII.  A NIGHT OF DELIRIUM 229
XXIX.  THE SQUIRE SENDS FOR NAT 236
XXX.  BY THE RIVER IN THE NIGHT 245
XXXI.  DRESSING FOR DINNER 252
XXXII.  IN THE DRAWING-ROOM OF MR LEE 257
XXXIII.  ANNIE SEES A CATASTROPHE 263
XXXIV.  A PARTING IN THE STREET 272
XXXV.  THE GENERAL CONFESSION AND THE CONCLUSION OF THE WHOLE 280