CHAPTER I A Family Group II Lucretia III Conferences IV Guy's Oak VHousehold Treason VI The Will VII The Engagement VIII The Discovery IX ASoul without Hope X The Reconciliation between Father and Son
EPILOGUE TO PART THE FIRST
PART THE SECOND
PROLOGUE TO PART THE SECOND
I The Coronation II Love at First Sight III Early Training for anUpright Gentleman IV John Ardworth V The Weavers and the Woof VI TheLawyer and the Body-snatcher VII The Rape of the Mattress VIII Percivalvisits Lucretia IX The Rose beneath the Upas X The Rattle of the SnakeXI Love and Innocence XII Sudden Celebrity and Patient Hope XIIIThe Loss of the Crossing XIV News from Grabman XV Varieties XVI TheInvitation to Laughton XVII The Waking of the Serpent XVIII RetrospectXIX Mr. Grabman's Adventures XX More of Mrs. Joplin XXI Beck's DiscoveryXXII The Tapestry Chamber XXIII The Shades on the Dial XXIV Murder,towards his Design, moves like a Ghost XXV The Messenger speeds XXVI TheSpy flies XXVII Lucretia regains her Son XXVIII The Lots vanish withinthe Urn