CONTENTS CHAPTER I. HOW A PARTY OF TRAVELLERS SET OUT ON A JOURNEY. CHAPTER II. HOW MR. ASHBY MEETS WITH A VERY DEAR AND VERY LOVELY YOUNG FRIEND. CHAPTER III. HOW ASHBY MEETS WITH ANOTHER FRIEND, AND HOW HE TAKES HIM INTO HIS CHAPTER IV. HOW THE RAILWAY TRAIN COMES TO A SUDDEN STOP. CHAPTER V. HOW THE WHOLE PARTY COME TO GRIEF, AND ARE CARRIED AWAY CAPTIVE. CHAPTER VI. HOW HARRY AND KATIE MANAGE TO ENJOY THEMSELVES IN THEIR CAPTIVE CHAPTER VII. IN WHICH HARRY BECOMES CONFIDENTIAL, AND TELLS A VERY REMARKABLE CHAPTER VIII. HOW THE SPANISH PRIEST MEETS WITH A STRANGE ADVENTURE. CHAPTER IX. IN WHICH THE PRIEST SEES A VISION, AND GOES IN SEARCH OF A BREAKFAST. CHAPTER X. HOW THE PRIEST BEARDS A LION IN HIS DEN. CHAPTER XI. HOW THE FIRST PRIEST VANISHES, AND ANOTHER PRIEST APPEARS UPON THE CHAPTER XII. HOW BROOKE AND TALBOT TAKE TO FLIGHT. CHAPTER XIII. BROOKE AND TALBOT MAKE SEVERAL NEW ACQUAINTANCES. CHAPTER XIV. HOW THE ANXIOUS RUSSELL SEEKS TO CONCEAL A TREASURE. CHAPTER XV. IN WHICH RUSSELL UNDERGOES AN EXAMINATION. CHAPTER XVI. HOW RUSSELL HAS AN INTERVIEW WITH A MERRY MONARCH. CHAPTER XVII. HOW HARRY FINDS HIMSELF VERY MUCH OVERESTIMATED, AND AFTERWARD LIGHTS CHAPTER XVIII. IN WHICH HARRY YIELDS TO AN UNCONTROLLABLE IMPULSE, AND RISKS HIS CHAPTER XIX. IN WHICH DOLORES INDULGES IN SOME REMINISCENCES OF THE PAST. CHAPTER XX. IN WHICH "HIS MAJESTY" EXHIBITS THE EMOTIONS OF A ROYAL BOSOM, AND CHAPTER XXI. IN WHICH BROOKE AND TALBOT BEGIN TO GROW VERY WELL ACQUAINTED. CHAPTER XXII. HOW TALBOT HAS LIFE AND FREEDOM OFFERED, AND HOW SHE DECLINES THE CHAPTER XXIII. IN WHICH BROOKE AND TALBOT EXCHANGE CONFIDENCES. CHAPTER XXIV. IN WHICH BROOKE AND TALBOT STAND FACE TO FACE WITH DEATH. CHAPTER XXV. IN WHICH BROOKE SINGS AND TALKS IN A LIGHT AND TRIFLING MANNER. CHAPTER XXVI. HOW MR. ASHBY MEETS WITH A GREAT SURPRISE AND A VERY GREAT CHAPTER XXVII. HOW MR. ASHBY AND MISS DOLORES GARCIA CARRY ON A VERY INTERESTING CHAPTER XXVIII. IN WHICH "HIS MAJESTY" FALLS IN LOVE. CHAPTER XXIX. HOW HARRY PAYS ANOTHER VISIT, AND MEETS WITH A STRANGE ADVENTURE. CHAPTER XXX. HOW SEVERAL OF OUR FRIENDS FIND THEMSELVES IN A MOST EXTRAORDINARY CHAPTER XXXI. IN WHICH THE WHOLE PARTY FIND THEMSELVES IS A HAUNTED CASTLE. CHAPTER XXXII. IN WHICH HARRY MAKES AN UNPLEASANT DISCOVERY. CHAPTER XXXIII. IN WHICH THERE IS A VERY PRETTY QUARREL. CHAPTER XXXIV. HOW THE VIRTUOUS RUSSELL FINDS A FRIEND IN NEED. CHAPTER XXXV. IN WHICH TWO FUGITIVES HAVE A STARTLING ADVENTURE, NOT WITHOUT PERIL. CHAPTER XXXVI. HOW DANGERS THICKEN AROUND THE DESPAIRING RUSSELL. CHAPTER XXXVII. IN WHICH RUSSELL MAKES NEW FRIENDS, AND TALBOT SEES NEW PERILS. CHAPTER XXXVIII. IN WHICH, AFTER A SERIES OF SURPRISES, "HIS MAJESTY" GETS THE CHAPTER XXXIX. HOW LOPEZ AGAIN MEETS WITH KATIE, AND HOW KATIE SHOWS NO JOY AT HER CHAPTER XL. IN WHICH THERE SEEMS SOME CHANCE OF A TRIANGULAR DUEL. CHAPTER XLI. HOW THE UNHAPPY RUSSELL FINDS THE DANGER OF PLAYING WITH EDGE-TOOLS.