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CONTENTS
BOOK ONE
Chapter Page
I Introducing Mr. Peter Ruff 1
II A New Career 17
III Vincent Cawdor, Commission Agent 40
IV The Indiscretion of Letty Shaw 61
V Delilah from Streatham 84
VI The Little Lady from Servia 106
VII The Demand of the Double-Four 121
VIII Mrs. Bognor's Star Boarder 137
IX The Perfidy of Miss Brown 154
X Wonderful John Dory 172
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I Recalled by the Double-Four 199
II Prince Albert's Card Debts 210
III The Ambassador's Wife 220
IV The Man from the Old Testament 235
V The First Shot 258
