Eastward Ho!--The James and Brea Exit--Ezra, the Shrewd Lawyer--Three Unhappy Daughters--He Marries One--Detects Forged Will--Flight of Brea to Montana--A Sunrise Surprise at Butte City--James Returns to London--Fills a Pauper's Grave Instead of a Lord Chancellor's. 114 CHAPTER XII. Bordeaux, Marseilles and Lyons "Donate" $50,000--A Bad Quarter of an Hour--Eggs and Peasant Women--"Sweets to the Sweet"--A Mysterious Stranger Disappears Among the Tombs. 123 CHAPTER XIII. A Starry Talk--Contrast Between Mac's Philosophy and His Errand--A Financial Trip Through Germany--From Leipsic Fair to London--Return Loaded with Thalers. 132 CHAPTER XIV. A Drive to Hampton Court--Send $10,000 Police Tribute to New York--Discussing the Bank of England in the Throne Room at Windsor Castle--Believe It to Be a Fossil Institution--Greene, the Tailor--Introduces Me to Bank--No References Required--Joy That Ends in Sorrow. 142 CHAPTER XV. Voyage to Rio Janeiro--The Lady of the Lucitania--A Swedish Colonel's Party of English Engineers--A Bibulous Chaplain--Modern Buccaneers--Scenes at Bordeaux--Crossing the Line--Father Neptune's Visit--Fun at Sea--Arrival in Rio--Maua & Co.--Our Plans. 154 CHAPTER XVI. Fifty Thousand Dollars on Bogus Letters of Credit--Visit to a Coffee Plantation--Slaves Dining--Dangerous Errors in Letters of Credit--A Nervous Day--An Eagle-Eyed Hebrew--"Show Me Your Letter of Credit"--Mac in a Corner--A Bold Coup--Strategy--Can We Get Out of Brazil? 160 CHAPTER XVII. Brazilian Law--Visit Police Headquarters--A Douceur to the Chief--In a Tight Spot--A "Doctored" Passport--A Detective on Trail. Who Ingratiates Himself into Mac's Confidence--Manoeuvres--The Detective on a "Wild Goose Chase"--Safely on Board--A Distinguished Party in a Rowboat--A Stern Chase--Off at Last. 173 CHAPTER XVIII. Rio to Buenos Ayres--Return and Meet Mac in Paris--Determine to Abandon a Dangerous Business--Vienna--Watching the Game--Must Have More Money--Good Resolutions Vanish--Return to London--Determine to Assault the Bank of England--Deposit $67,000. 186 CHAPTER XIX. Bank of England Requires No References--Letter from Paris--A Gilded American Young Man--Duped into Marriage with a Parisienne Moendaine--A Ghost at Monte Carlo--In a Greenwood Mausoleum--Earthly Happiness and the World to Come. 193 CHAPTER XX.