XIX THE BANTAM CEASES TO TROUBLE ME 75 XX MISS PORQUET’S SCHOOL 78 XXI A FRIEND.—PRISONER’S BASE 85 XXII STUDIES.—SCHOOLBOY TALK 88 XXIII A DREADFUL ADVENTURE 91 XXIV DON’T LET MARC KNOW 94 XXV “THE BOY WHO HAS BEEN SO ILL” 99 XXVI MARC’S FRIENDSHIP FOR ME 101 XXVII PLANS FOR THE HOLIDAYS 105 XXVIII THE PROSPECT OF GOING TO COLLEGE 108 XXIX AT BOIS-CLAIR 110 XXX ULYSSES MAKES HIS APPEARANCE 116 XXXI SAD NEWS FOR ME 119 XXXII I GO TO COLLEGE.—A PUPIL CALLED 121 BORNIQUET XXXIII MY NOSE STILL TROUBLES ME 126 XXXIV “AZOR! AZOR!” 128 XXXV THE THEORY OF SELF-DEFENCE 134 XXXVI STILL A COWARD 137 XXXVII INCONSISTENCY 141 XXXVIII MY PARENTS’ DEVOTION TO ME 143 XXXXIX A HUNTING COAT OF FORMER DAYS 146 XL THE EFFECT OF THE NEW COAT ON MY 149 CHARACTER XLI THE BEETLE 155 XLII A FIGHT AT LAST 160 XLIII MY FATHER IS SATISFIED 163 XLIV EXTREMES ARE BAD 166 XLV A LAST CHAPTER, WRITTEN BY ANOTHER HAND 171 [Illustration: Decoration] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LIST OF PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS. ------- PAGE COWARD OR HERO? _Frontispiece_ “IT WAS FRIMOUSSE, OUR GREAT CAT” 27 “HE MADE A SUDDEN SPRING, AND CAME WITH A BANG 45 AGAINST THE BARS” “THE DOCTOR STARED AT MY NOSE” 63 “A GREAT BOY OF ELEVEN, RATHER A STUPID FELLOW” 79 “I UTTERED A PIERCING CRY” 95 “I COULD NOT BEAR TO SEE A COW COMING UP TO ME” 111 “HULLO, LOOK AT AZOR!” 131 “WITH THAT COAT A NEW ERA IN MY LIFE BEGAN” 151 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration:Decoration] ------------------------------------------------------------------------