6V. Our Advertisement Brings a Visitor
249XXII. The End
7VI. Tobias Gregson Shows What He Can Do
250I. The Coast of France
8VII. Light in the Darkness
251II. The Salt-Marsh
9I. On the Great Alkali Plain
252III. The Ruined Cottage
10II. The Flower of Utah
253IV. Men of the Night
11III. John Ferrier Talks with the Prophet
254V. The Law
12IV. A Flight for Life
255VI. The Secret Passage
13V. The Avenging Angels
256VII. The Owner of Grosbois
14VI. A Continuation of the Reminiscences of John Watson, M.D.
257VIII. Cousin Sibylle
15VII. The Conclusion
258IX. The Camp of Boulogne
16Chapter I. The Science of Deduction
259X. The Ante-Room
17Chapter II. The Statement of the Case
260XI. The Secretary
18Chapter III. In Quest of a Solution
261XII. The Man of Action
19Chapter IV. The Story of the Bald-Headed Man
262XIII. The Man of Dreams
20Chapter V. The Tragedy of Pondicherry Lodge
263XIV. Josephine
21Chapter VI. Sherlock Holmes Gives a Demonstration
264XV. The Reception of the Empress
22Chapter VII. The Episode of the Barrel
265XVI. The Library of Grosbois
23Chapter VIII. The Baker Street Irregulars
266XVII. The End
24Chapter IX. A Break in the Chain
267Introduction
25Chapter X. The End of the Islander
268I. The House of Loring
26Chapter XI. The Great Agra Treasure
269II. How the Devil Came to Waverley
27Chapter XII. The Strange Story of Jonathan Small
270III. The Yellow Horse of Crooksbury
28I. Mr. Sherlock Holmes
271IV. How the Summoner Came to the Manor House of Tilford
29II. The Curse of the Baskervilles
272V. How Nigel was Tried by the Abbot of Waverley
30III. The Problem
273VI. In Which Lady Ermyntrude Opens the Iron Coffer
31IV. Sir Henry Baskerville
274VII. How Nigel Went Marketing to Guildford
32V. Three Broken Threads
275VIII. How the King Hawked on Crooksbury Heath
33VI. Baskerville Hall
276IX. How Nigel Held the Bridge at Tilford
34VII. The Stapletons of Merripit House
277X. How the King Greeted His Seneschal of Calais
35VIII. First Report of Dr. Watson
278XI. In the Hall of the Knight of Duplin
36IX. The Light Upon the Moor
279XII. How Nigel Fought the Twisted Man of Shalford
37X. Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson
280XIII. How the Comrades Journeyed Down the Old, Old Road
38XI. The Man on the Tor
281XIV. How Nigel Chased the Red Ferret
39XII. Death on the Moor
282XV. How the Red Ferret Came to Cosford
40XIII. Fixing The Nets
283XVI. How the King’s Court Feasted in Calais Castle
41XIV. The Hound of the Baskervilles
284XVII. The Spaniards on the Sea
42XV. A Retrospection
285XVIII. How Black Simon Claimed Forfeit from the King of Sark
43Chapter 1. The Warning
286XIX. How a Squire of England Met a Squire of France
44Chapter 2. Sherlock Holmes Discourses
287XX. How the English Attempted the Castle of La Brohiniere
45Chapter 3. The Tragedy of Birlstone
288XXI. How the Second Messenger Went to Cosford
46Chapter 4. Darkness
289XXII. How Robert of Beaumanoir Came to Ploermel
47Chapter 5. The People of the Drama
290XXIII. How Thirty of Josselin Encountered Thirty of Ploermel
48Chapter 6. A Dawning Light
291XXIV. How Nigel was Called to His Master
49Chapter 7. The Solution
292XXV. How the King of France Held Counsel at Maupertuis
50Chapter 1. The Man
293XXVI. How Nigel Found His Third Deed
51Chapter 2. The Bodymaster
294XXVII. How the Third Messenger Came to Cosford
52Chapter 3. Lodge 341, Vermissa
295Chapter 1. The Hegira of the Wests from Edinburgh
53Chapter 4. The Valley of Fear
296Chapter 2. Of the Strange Manner in which a Tenant came to Cloomber
54Chapter 5. The Darkest Hour
297Chapter 3. Of our further acquaintance with Major-General J. B. Heatherstone
55Chapter 6. Danger
298Chapter 4. Of a young man with a grey head
56Chapter 7. The Trapping of Birdy Edwards
299Chapter 5. How four of us came to be under the Shadow of Cloomber
57Epilogue
300Chapter 6. How I came to be enlisted as one of the Garrison of Cloomber
58Foreword
301Chapter 7. Of Corporal Rufus Smith and his coming to Cloomber
59Chapter I. “There Are Heroisms All Round Us”
302Chapter 8. Statement of Israel Stakes
60Chapter II. “Try Your Luck with Professor Challenger”
303Chapter 9. Narrative of John Easterling, F.R.C.P.Edin.
61Chapter III. “He is a Perfectly Impossible Person”
304Chapter 10. Of the letter which came from the hall
62Chapter IV. “It’s Just the very Biggest Thing in the World”
305Chapter 11. Of the casting away of the Barque “Belinda”
63Chapter V. “Question!”
306Chapter 12. Of the three foreign men upon the coast
64Chapter VI. “I was the Flail of the Lord”
307Chapter 13. In which I see that which has been seen by few
65Chapter VII. “To-morrow we Disappear into the Unknown”
308Chapter 14. Of the visitor who ran down the road in the night-time
66Chapter VIII. “The Outlying Pickets of the New World”
309Chapter 15. The Day-Book of John Berthier Heatherstone
67Chapter IX. “Who could have Foreseen it?”
310Chapter 16. At the Hole of Cree
68Chapter X. “The most Wonderful Things have Happened”
311Preface
69Chapter XI. “For once I was the Hero”
312I. Mr. John Harston Keeps an Appointment
70Chapter XII. “It was Dreadful in the Forest”
313II. Charity À La Mode
71Chapter XIII. “A Sight which I shall Never Forget”
314III. Thomas Gilray Makes an Investment
72Chapter XIV. “Those Were the Real Conquests”
315IV. Captain Hamilton Miggs of the “Black Eagle.”
73Chapter XV. “Our Eyes have seen Great Wonders”
316V. Modern Athenians
74Chapter XVI. “A Procession! A Procession!”
317VI. A Rectorial Election
75Chapter I. The Blurring of Lines
318VII. England Versus Scotland
76Chapter II. The Tide of Death
319VIII. A First Professional
77Chapter III. Submerged
320IX. A Nasty Cropper
78Chapter IV. A Diary of the Dying
321X. Dwellers in Bohemia
79Chapter V. The Dead World
322XI. Senior and Junior
80Chapter VI. The Great Awakening
323XII. A Corner in Diamonds
811. In Which Our Special Commissioners Make a Start
324XIII. Shadow and Light
822. Which Describes an Evening in Strange Company
325XIV. A Slight Misunderstanding
833. In Which Professor Challenger Gives His Opinion
326XV. An Addition to the House
844. Which Describes Some Strange Doings in Hammersmith
327XVI. The First Step
855. Where Our Commissioners Have a Remarkable Experience
328XVII. The Land of Diamonds
866. In Which the Reader is Shown the Habits of a Notorious Criminal
329XVIII. Major Tobias Clutterbuck Comes In for a Thousand Pounds
877. In Which the Notorious Criminal gets what the British Law Considers to be His Deserts.
330XIX. News from the Urals
888. In Which Three Investigators Come Upon a Dark Soul
331XX. Mr. Hector O’flaherty Finds Something in the Paper
899. Which Introduces Some Very Physical Phenomena
332XXI. An Unexpected Blow
9010. De Profundis
333XXII. Robbers and Robbed
9111. Where Silas Linden Comes Into His Own
334XXIII. A Momentous Resolution
9212. There are Heights and there are Depths
335XXIV. A Dangerous Promise
9313. In Which Professor Challenger Goes Forth to Battle
336XXV. A Change of Front
9414. In Which Challenger Meets a Strange Colleague
337XXVI. Breaking Ground
9515. In Which Traps are Laid for a Great Quarry
338XXVII. Mrs. Scully of Morrison’s
9616. In Which Challenger has the Experience of his Lifetime
339XXVIII. Back in Bohemia
9717. Where the Mists Clear Away
340XXIX. The Great Dance at Morrison’s
98Chapter 1. Of Cornet Joseph Clarke of the Ironsides
341XXX. At the “Cock and Cowslip. ”
99Chapter 2. Of my going to school and of my coming thence
342XXXI. A Crisis at Eccleston Square
100Chapter 3. Of Two Friends of my Youth
343XXXII. A Conversation in the Eccleston Square Library
101Chapter 4. Of the Strange Fish that we Caught at Spithead
344XXXIII. The Journey to the Priory
102Chapter 5. Of the Man with the Drooping Lids
345XXXIV. The Man with the Camp-Stool
103Chapter 6. Of the Letter that came from the Lowlands
346XXXV. A Talk on the Lawn
104Chapter 7. Of the Horseman who rode from the West
347XXXVI. The Incident of the Corridor
105Chapter 8. Of our Start for the Wars
348XXXVII. A Chase and a Brawl
106Chapter 9. Of a Passage of Arms at the Blue Boar
349XXXVIII. Girdlestone Sends for the Doctor
107Chapter 10. Of our Perilous Adventure on the Plain
350XXXIX. A Gleam of Light
108Chapter 11. Of the Lonely Man and the Gold Chest
351XL. The Major has a Letter
109Chapter 12. Of certain Passages upon the Moor
352XLI. The Clouds Grow Darker
110Chapter 13. Of Sir Gervas Jerome, Knight Banneret of the County of Surrey
353XLII. The Three Faces at the Window
111Chapter 14. Of the Stiff-legged Parson and his Flock
354XLIII. The Bait on the Hook
112Chapter 15. Of our Brush with the King’s Dragoons
355XLIV. The Shadow of Death
113Chapter 16. Of our Coming to Taunton
356XLV. The Invasion of Hampshire
114Chapter 17. Of the Gathering in the Market-square
357XLVI. A Midnight Cruise
115Chapter 18. Of Master Stephen Timewell, Mayor of Taunton
358XLVII. Law and Order
116Chapter 19. Of a Brawl in the Night
359XLVIII. Captain Hamilton Miggs Sees a Vision
117Chapter 20. Of the Muster of the Men of the West
360XLIX. A Voyage in a Coffin Ship
118Chapter 21. Of my Hand-grips with the Brandenburger
361L. Winds Up the Thread and Ties Two Knots at the End
119Chapter 22. Of the News from Havant
362Chapter 1. A Double Enigma
120Chapter 23. Of the Snare on the Weston Road
363Chapter 2. The Tenant of the New Hall
121Chapter 24. Of the Welcome that met me at Badminton
364Chapter 3. A House of Wonders
122Chapter 25. Of Strange Doings in the Boteler Dungeon
365Chapter 4. From Clime to Clime
123Chapter 26. Of the Strife in the Council
366Chapter 5. Laura’s Request
124Chapter 27. Of the Affair near Keynsham Bridge
367Chapter 6. A Strange Visitor
125Chapter 28. Of the Fight in Wells Cathedral
368Chapter 7. The Workings of Wealth
126Chapter 29. Of the Great Cry from the Lonely House
369Chapter 8. A Billionaire’s Plans
127Chapter 30. Of the Swordsman with the Brown Jacket
370Chapter 9. A New Departure
128Chapter 31. Of the Maid of the Marsh and the Bubble which rose from the Bog
371Chapter 10. The Great Secret
129Chapter 32. Of the Onfall at Sedgemoor
372Chapter 11. A Chemical Demonstration
130Chapter 33. Of my Perilous Adventure at the Mill
373Chapter 12. A Family Jar
131Chapter 34. Of the Coming of Solomon Sprent
374Chapter 13. A Midnight Venture
132Chapter 35. Of the Devil in Wig and Gown
375Chapter 14. The Spread of the Blight
133Chapter 36. Of the End of it All
376Chapter 15. The Greater Secret
134Appendix
377Chapter I. The New-Comers
135Chapter 1. How the Black Sheep Came Forth from the Fold.
378Chapter II. Breaking the Ice
136Chapter 2. How Alleyne Edricson Came Out Into the World.
379Chapter III. Dwellers in the Wilderness
137Chapter 3. How Hordle John Cozened the Fuller of Lymington.
380Chapter IV. A Sister’s Secret
138Chapter 4. How the Bailiff of Southampton Slew the Two Masterless Men.
381Chapter V. A Naval Conquest
139Chapter 5. How a Strange Company Gathered at the “Pied Merlin.”
382Chapter VI. An Old Story
140Chapter 6. How Samkin Aylward Wagered His Feather-Bed
383Chapter VII. Venit Tandem Felicitas
141Chapter 7. How the Three Comrades Journeyed Through the Woodlands.
384Chapter VIII. Shadows Before
142Chapter 8. The Three Friends
385Chapter IX. A Family Plot
143Chapter 9. How Strange Things Befell in Minstead Wood
386Chapter X. Women of the Future
144Chapter 10. How Hordle John Found a Man Whom He Might Follow
387Chapter XI. A Blot from the Blue
145Chapter 11. How a Young Shepherd Had a Perilous Flock
388Chapter XII. Friends in Need
146Chapter 12. How Alleyne Learned More Than He Could Teach
389Chapter XIII. In Strange Waters
147Chapter 13. How the White Company Set Forth to the Wars
390Chapter XIV. Eastward Ho!
148Chapter 14. How Sir Nigel Sought for a Wayside Venture
391Chapter XV. Still Among Shoals
149Chapter 15. How the Yellow Cog Sailed Forth From Lepe
392Chapter XVI. A Midnight Visitor
150Chapter 16. How the Yellow Cog Fought the Two Rover Galleys
393Chapter XVII. In Port at Last
151Chapter 17. How the Yellow Cog Crossed the Bar of Gironde
3941
152Chapter 18. How Sir Nigel Loring Put a Patch upon His Eye
3952
153Chapter 19. How There Was Stir at the Abbey of St. Andrew’s
3963
154Chapter 20. How Alleyne Won His Place in an Honorable Guild
3974
155Chapter 21. How Agostino Pisano Risked His Head
398I. Home, 30th March, 1881
156Chapter 22. How the Bowmen Held Wassail at the “Rose De Guienne.”
399II. Home, 10th April, 1881
157Chapter 23. How England Held the Lists at Bordeaux
400III. Home, 15th October, 1881
158Chapter 24. How a Champion Came Forth From the East
401IV. Home, 1st December, 1881
159Chapter 25. How Sir Nigel Wrote to Twynham Castle
402V. Merton on the Moors, 5th March, 1882
160Chapter 26. How the Three Comrades Gained a Mighty Treasure
403VI. The Parade, Bradfield, 7th March, 1882
161Chapter 27. How Roger Club-Foot Was Passed Into Paradise
404VII. The Parade, Bradfield, 9th March, 1882
162Chapter 28. How the Comrades Came Over the Marches of France
405VIII. The Parade, Bradfield, 6th April, 1882
163Chapter 29. How the Blessed Hour of Sight Came to the Lady Tiphaine
406IX. The Parade, Bradfield, 23rd April, 1882
164Chapter 30. How the Brushwood Men Came to the Chateau of Villefranche
407X. Cadogan Terrace, Birchespool, 21st May, 1882
165Chapter 31. How Five Men Held the Keep of Villefranche
408XI. Oakley Villas, Birchespool, 29th May, 1882
166Chapter 32. How the Company Took Counsel Round the Fallen Tree
409XII. Oakley Villas, Birchespool, 5th June, 1882
167Chapter 33. How the Army Made the Passage of Roncesvalles
410XIII. Oakley Villas, Birchespool, 12th June, 1882
168Chapter 34. How the Company Made Sport in the Vale of Pampeluna
411XIV. Oakley Villas, Birchespool, 15th January, 1883
169Chapter 35. How Sir Nigel Hawked at an Eagle
412XV. Oakley Villas, Birchespool, 3rd August, 1883
170Chapter 36. How Sir Nigel Took the Patch From His Eye
413XVI. Oakley Villas, Birchespool, 4th November, 1884
171Chapter 37. How the White Company Came to Be Disbanded
414Preface
172Chapter 38. Of the Home-Coming to Hampshire
415Chapter 1
173Chapter 1. The Night of the Beacons
416Chapter 2
174Chapter 2. Cousin Edie of Eyemouth
417Chapter 3
175Chapter 3. The Shadow on the Waters
418Chapter 4
176Chapter 4. The Choosing of Jim
419Chapter 5
177Chapter 5. The Man from the Sea
420Chapter 6
178Chapter 6. A Wandering Eagle
421Chapter 7
179Chapter 7. The Corriemuir Peel Tower
422Chapter 8
180Chapter 8. The Coming of the Cutter
423Chapter 9
181Chapter 9. The Doings at West Inch
424Chapter 10
182Chapter 10. The Return of the Shadow
425The Overture
183Chapter 11. The Gathering of the Nations
426The Overture Continued
184Chapter 12. The Shadow on the Land
427The Overture Concluded
185Chapter 13. The End of the Storm
428The Two Solos
186Chapter 14. The Tally of Death
429In Britain’s Valhalla
187Chapter 1. The Man From America
430Two Solos and a Duet
188Chapter 2. A Monarch in Deshabille
431Keeping Up Appearances
189Chapter 3. The Holding of the Door
432The Home-Coming
190Chapter 4. The Father of His People
433Laying a Course
191Chapter 5. Children of Belial
434Confessions
192Chapter 6. A House of Strife
435Concerning Mrs. Beeton
193Chapter 7. The New World and the Old
436Mr. Samuel Pepys
194Chapter 8. The Rising Sun
437A Visit to Mr. Samuel Pepys
195Chapter 9. Le Roi S’amuse
438Trouble
196Chapter 10. An Eclipse at Versailles
439A Rescue
197Chapter 11. The Sun Reappears
440The Browning Society
198Chapter 12. The King Receives
441An Investment
199Chapter 13. The King Has Ideas
442A Thundercloud
200Chapter 14. The Last Card
443Danger
201Chapter 15. The Midnight Mission
444No. 5 Cheyne Row
202Chapter 16. “When the Devil drives.”
445The Last Note of the Duet
203Chapter 17. The Dungeon of Portillac
446The Trio
204Chapter 18. A Night of Surprises
447Chapter I
205Chapter 19. In the King’s Cabinet
448Chapter II
206Chapter 20. The Two Francoises
449Chapter III
207Chapter 21. The Man in the Caleche
450Chapter IV
208Chapter 22. The Scaffold of Portillac
451Chapter V
209Chapter 23. The Fall of the Catinats
452Chapter VI
210Chapter 24. The Start of the “golden Rod.”
453Chapter VII
211Chapter 25. A Boat of the Dead
454Preface
212Chapter 26. The Last Port
455I. Early Recollections
213Chapter 27. A Dwindling Island
456II. Under the Jesuits
214Chapter 28. In the Pool of Quebec
457III. Recollections of a Student
215Chapter 29. The Voice at the Port-hole
458IV. Whaling in the Arctic Ocean
216Chapter 30. The Inland Waters
459V. The Voyage to West Africa
217Chapter 31. The Hairless Man
460VI. My First Experiences in Practice
218Chapter 32. The Lord of Sainte Marie
461VII. My Start at Southsea
219Chapter 33. The Slaying of Brown Moose
462VIII. My First Literary Success
220Chapter 34. The Men of Blood
463IX. Pulling Up the Anchor
221Chapter 35. The Tapping of Death
464X. The Great Break
222Chapter 36. The Taking of the Stockade
465XI. Sidelights on Sherlock Holmes
223Chapter 37. The Coming of the Friar
466XII. Norwood and Switzerland
224Chapter 38. The Dining Hall of Sainte Marie
467XIII. Egypt in 1896
225Chapter 39. The Two Swimmers
468XIV. On the Edge of a Storm
226Chapter 40. The End
469XV. An Interlude of Peace
227Preface
470XVI. The Start for South Africa
228I. Friar’s Oak
471XVII. Days with the Army
229II. The Walker of Cliffe Royal
472XVIII. Final Experiences in South Africa
230III. The Play-Actress of Anstey Cross
473XIX. An Appeal to the World’s Opinion
231IV. The Peace of Amiens
474XX. My Political Adventures
232V. Buck Tregellis
475XXI. The Years Between the Wars
233VI. On the Threshold
476XXII. The Years Between the Wars
234VII. The Hope of England
477XXIII. Some Notable People
235VIII. The Brighton Road
478XXIV. Some Recollections of Sport
236IX. Watier’s
479XXV. To the Rocky Mountains in 1914
237X. The Men of the Ring
480XXVI. The Eve of War
238XI. The Fight in the Coach-House
481XXVII. A Remembrance of the Dark Years
239XII. The Coffee-Room of Fladong’s
482XXVIII. Experiences on the British Front
240XIII. Lord Nelson
483XXIX. Experiences on the Italian Front
241XIV. On the Road
484XXX. Experiences on the French Front
242XV. Foul Play
485XXXI. Breaking the Hindenburg Line
243XVI. Crawley Downs
486XXXII. The Psychic Quest
