V. HOW MISTRESS ALICE BRADFORD INTRODUCED HER SISTER PRISCILLA CARPENTER TO PLYMOUTH SOCIETY 39 VI. A VIPER SCOTCHED, NOT KILLED 56 VII. MORTON OF MERRY MOUNT 68 VIII. STANDISH AT MERRY MOUNT 74 IX. THE KYLOE COW 93 X. THE UNEXPECTED 102 XI. GOVERNOR BRADFORD PAYS A VISIT 111 XII. SIR CHRISTOPHER GARDINER 121 XIII. ONE! TWO! THREE! FIRE! 129 XIV. SIR CHRISTOPHER ENJOYS THE CHASE 137 XV. AND DESCRIBES IT 145 XVI. A MILLSTONE FOR SIR CHRISTOPHER 159 XVII. “TWO IS COMPANY, THREE IS TRUMPERY” 171 XVIII. THE LITTLE BOOK 182 XIX. A MUCH-MARRIED MAN 189 XX. BETTY’S JOURNEY AND THE GARRETT WRECK 196 XXI. “AH, BROTHER OLDHAME, IS IT THOU!” 208 XXII. THE MOONLIGHT AND THE DAWN 223 XXIII. “LOREA STANDISH IS MY NAME” 233 XXIV. AVERY’S FALL AND THACHER’S WOE 240 XXV. JEPHTHAH’S DAUGHTER 251 XXVI. GILLIAN 265 XXVII. DONNA MARIA DE LOS DOLORES 275 XXVIII. A SALT-FISH DINNER 286 XXIX. TOO LATE! TOO LATE! 295 XXX. PEEPING TOM AND HIS BROTHER 304 XXXI. JENNEY’S MILL BY MOONLIGHT 315 XXXII. ROBED IN WHITE SAMITE 326 XXXIII. A BOLD BUCCANEER 341 XXXIV. THE HILT OF A RAPIER 356 XXXV. CANARY WINE AND SEED-CAKE 363 XXXVI. BETTY BEARDS THE LION 372 XXXVII. “MARY STANDISH, MY DEAR DAUGHTER-IN-LAW” 379 BETTY ALDEN. CHAPTER I. A WHISPER IN THE EAR. “Tell him yourself, Pris.” “No, no, Bab, I know too much for that! These men love not to be taught by a woman, although, if all were known, full many a whisper in the bedchamber comes out next day at the council board, and one grave master says to another, ‘Now look you, tell it not to the women lest they blab it!’ never mistrusting in his owl-head that a woman set the whole matter afloat.” “Oh, Pris, you do love to jibe at the men. How did you ever persuade yourself to marry one of them?” “Why, so that one of them might be guided into some sort of discretion. Doesn’t John Alden show as a bright example to his fellows?” “And all through his wife’s training, eh, Pris?” “Why, surely. Didst doubt such a patent fact, Mistress Standish?”