CHAPTER I. A Domestic Interior
CHAPTER II. Accidents Will Happen
CHAPTER III. Wild Oats and Widows' Weeds
CHAPTER IV. Popular Monarchy
CHAPTER V. Church and State
CHAPTER VI. Of Things not Expected
CHAPTER VII. The Old Order
CHAPTER VIII. Pace-making in Politics
CHAPTER IX. The New Endymion
CHAPTER X. King and Council
CHAPTER XI. A Royal Commission
CHAPTER XII. An Arrival and a Departure
CHAPTER XIII. A Promissory Note
CHAPTER XIV. Heads or Tails
CHAPTER XV. A Deed Without a Name
CHAPTER XVI. Concealment and Discovery
CHAPTER XVII. The Incredible Thing Happens
CHAPTER XVIII. The King's Night Out
CHAPTER XIX. The Spiritual Power
CHAPTER XX. The Thorn and the Flesh
CHAPTER XXI. Night-light
CHAPTER XXII. A Man of Business
CHAPTER XXIII. "Call Me Jack"
CHAPTER XXIV. The Voice of Thanksgiving
The King of Jingalo had just finished breakfast in the seclusion of theroyal private apartments. Turning away from the pleasantly derangedboard he took up one of the morning newspapers which lay neatly foldedupon a small gilt-legged table beside him. Then he looked at his watch.
This action was characteristic of his Majesty: doing one thing alwaysreminded him that presently he would have to be doing another.Conscientious to a fault, he led a harassed and over-occupied life,which was not the less wearisome in its routine because no clear resultsever presented themselves within h