CONTENTS
I. "A Hero—Always" 1 II. Stewart confers a Favor 13 III. The Parting 29 IV. Halket and Company 46 V. Floyd begins at the Bottom 66 VI. Investigating the Depths 86 VII. Diversions of a Workingman 96 VIII. Lydia 114 IX. A Holiday 129 X. The End of an Apprenticeship 142 XI. Mrs. Halket 156 XII. A Client for Stewart 173 XIII. Called Home 189 XIV. A Failure and a Success 197 XV. The Autobiographer 215 XVI. Stewart acquires Some New Interests 231 XVII. Large Idea of a Philanthropist 248 XVIII. Two Amateurs 273 XIX. Colonel Halket addresses an Audience 298 XX. Last Words 316 XXI. The Great Opportunity 328 XXII. Difficulties of a Man of Taste 344 XXIII. Forcing the Issue 365 XXIV. A Letter to a Newspaper 378 XXV. Interlude 396 XXVI. Widening the Breach 407 XXVII. New Rome and Avalon 427 XXVIII. In Loyalty and Love 443 XXIX. Stewart takes the Field 454 XXX. The Night Attack 467 XXXI. The Two Women 473
