WALTER’S MEDITATIONS.--THE CORPORAL’S GRIEF AND ANGER.--THE CORPORAL PERSONALLY DESCRIBED.--AN EXPLANATION WITH HIS MASTER.--THE CORPORAL OPENS HIMSELF TO THE YOUNG TRAVELLER.--HIS OPINIONS ON LOVE;--ON THE WORLD;--ON THE PLEASURE AND RESPECTABILITY OF CHEATING;--ON LADIES--AND A PARTICULAR CLASS OF LADIES;--ON AUTHORS;--ON THE VALUE OF WORDS;--ON FIGHTING;--WITH SUNDRY OTHER MATTERS OF EQUAL DELECTATION AND IMPROVEMENT.--AN UNEXPECTED EVENT. BOOK III. CHAPTER I. FRAUD AND VIOLENCE ENTER EVEN GRASSDALE.--PETER’S NEWS.--THE LOVERS’ WALK.--THE REAPPEARANCE. CHAPTER II. THE INTERVIEW BETWEEN ARAM AND THE STRANGER. CHAPTER III. FRESH ALARM IN THE VILLAGE.--LESTER’S VISIT TO ARAM.--A TRAIT OF DELICATE KINDNESS IN THE STUDENT.--MADELINE.--HER PRONENESS TO CONFIDE.--THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN LESTER AND ARAM.--THE PERSONS BY WHOM IT IS INTERRUPTED. CHAPTER IV. MILITARY PREPARATIONS.--THE COMMANDER AND HIS MAN.--ARAM IS PERSUADED TO PASS THE NIGHT AT THE MANOR-HOUSE. CHAPTER V. THE SISTERS ALONE.--THE GOSSIP OF LOVE.--AN ALARM--AND AN EVENT. CHAPTER VI. ARAM ALONE AMONG THE MOUNTAINS.--HIS SOLILOQUY AND PROJECT.--SCENE BETWEEN HIMSELF AND MADELINE. CHAPTER VII ARAM’S SECRET EXPEDITION.--A SCENE WORTHY THE ACTORS.--ARAM’S ADDRESS AND POWERS OF PERSUASION OR HYPOCRISY.--THEIR RESULT.--A FEARFUL NIGHT.--ARAM’S SOLITARY RIDE HOMEWARD.--WHOM HE MEETS BY THE WAY, AND WHAT HE SEES. BOOK IV. CHAPTER I. IN WHICH WE RETURN TO WALTER.--HIS DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO MR. PERTINAX FILLGRAVE.--THE CORPORAL’S ADVICE, AND THE CORPORAL’S VICTORY. CHAPTER II. NEW TRACES OF THE FATE OF GEOFFREY LESTER.--WALTER AND THE CORPORAL PROCEED ON A FRESH EXPEDITION.--THE CORPORAL IS ESPECIALLY SAGACIOUS ON THE OLD TOPIC OF THE WORLD.--HIS OPINIONS ON THE MEN WHO CLAIM ‘KNOWLEDGE THEREOF.--ON THE ADVANTAGES ENJOYED BY A VALET.--ON THE SCIENCE OF SUCCESSFUL LOVE.--ON VIRTUE AND THE CONSTITUTION.--ON QUALITIES TO BE DESIRED IN A MISTRESS, ETC.--A LANDSCAPE. CHAPTER III. A SCHOLAR, BUT OF A DIFFERENT MOULD FROM THE STUDENT OF GRASSDALE.--NEW PARTICULARS CONCERNING GEOFFREY LESTER.--THE JOURNEY RECOMMENCED. CHAPTER IV. ARAM’S DEPARTURE.--MADELINE.--EXAGGERATION OF SENTIMENT NATURAL IN LOVE.--MADELINE’S LETTER.--WALTER’S.--THE WALK.--TWO VERY DIFFERENT PERSONS, YET BOTH INMATES OF THE SAME COUNTRY VILLAGE.--THE HUMOURS OF LIFE, AND ITS DARK PASSIONS, ARE FOUND IN JUXTA-POSITION EVERYWHERE. CHAPTER V. A REFLECTION NEW AND STRANGE.--THE STREETS OF LONDON.--A GREAT MAN’S LIBRARY.--A CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE STUDENT AND AN ACQUAINTANCE OF THE READER’S.--ITS RESULT. CHAPTER VI. THE THAMES AT NIGHT.--A THOUGHT.--THE STUDENT RE-SEEKS THE RUFFIAN.--A HUMAN FEELING EVEN IN THE WORST SOIL. CHAPTER VII. MADELINE, HER HOPES.--A MILD AUTUMN CHARACTERISED.--A LANDSCAPE.--A RETURN. CHAPTER VIII. AFFECTION: ITS GODLIKE NATURE.--THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN ARAM AND MADELINE.--THE FATALIST FORGETS FATE.