BOOK ONE. | ||
RAW MATERIAL. | ||
CHAP. | PAGE | |
I. | "OATMEAL AND THE SHORTER CATECHISM" | 3 |
II. | INTRODUCES A PILLAR OF STATE AND THE APPURTENANCES THEREOF | 22 |
III. | "ANENT" | 38 |
IV. | A TRIAL TRIP | 46 |
V. | ROBIN ON DUTY | 66 |
VI. | ROBIN OFF DUTY | 76 |
VII. | A DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP | 96 |
VIII. | OF A PIT THAT WAS DIGGED, AND WHO FELL INTO IT | 117 |
IX. | THE POLICY OF THE CLOSED DOOR | 147 |
X. | ROBIN'S WAY OF DOING IT | 161 |
BOOK TWO. | ||
THE FINISHED ARTICLE. | ||
XI. | A MISFIRE | 179 |
XII. | THE COMPLEAT ANGLER | 216 |
XIII. | A HOSTAGE TO FORTUNE | 236 |
XIV. | "TO DIE—WILL BE AN AWFULLY BIG ADVENTURE" | 257 |
XV. | TWO BATTLES | 271 |
XVI. | "QUI PERD, GAGNE" | 282 |
XVII. | IN WHICH ALL'S RIGHT WITH THE WORLD | 299 |
XVIII. | A PROPHET IN HIS OWN COUNTRY | 310 |
The first and most-serious-but-one ordeal in the life of Robert