XVIII. HOW SIR JOHN DERING WENT A-WOOING 143 XIX. TELLS HOW SIR JOHN WENT “BEAR-BAITING” 149 XX. HOW SIR JOHN PLEDGED HIS WORD: WITH SOME DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTIES OF SNUFF 156 XXI. OF GEORGE POTTER, HIS WHISTLE 163 XXII. MY LADY HERMINIA BARRASDAILE WEAVES WEBS FOR AN UNWARY HE 176 XXIII. HOW GEORGE POTTER CIRCUMVENTED THE PREVENTIVES 181 XXIV. OF MR. BUNKLE AND THE ROOM WITH FIVE DOORS 193 XXV. TELLETH HOW SIR JOHN BEHELD THE GHOST 200 XXVI. CONCERNS ITSELF MAINLY WITH THE “MORNING AFTER” 206 XXVII. TELLETH HOW MR. DERWENT BEGAN HIS WOOING 212 XXVIII. TELLETH HOW MY LADY ADOPTED A FAIRY GODMOTHER 223 XXIX. GIVETH SOME DESCRIPTIONS OF A TEA-DRINKING 228 XXX. IN WHICH SIR JOHN RECEIVES A WARNING 238 XXXI. BEING A CHAPTER OF NO GREAT CONSEQUENCE 243 XXXII. TELLETH HOW SIR JOHN DERWENT WENT A-WOOING 247 XXXIII. WHICH, AMONG OTHER SMALL MATTERS, TELLETH OF A SNUFF-BOX 251 XXXIV. CONCERNS ITSELF WITH ONE OF THE MANY MYSTERIES OF THE ‘MARKET CROSS INN’ 258 XXXV. BEING THE SHORTEST IN THIS BOOK 271 XXXVI. WHICH CONTAINS FURTHER MENTION OF A CERTAIN SNUFF-BOX 273 XXXVII. WHICH GIVETH SOME DESCRIPTION OF A MURDERER’S HAT 281 XXXVIII. OF THE TERROR BY NIGHT 289 XXXIX. HOW THEY WARNED CAPTAIN SHARKIE NYE 299 XL. DESCRIBES, AMONG OTHER THINGS, HOW MY LADY TRAMPLED TRIUMPHANTLY AT LAST 308 XLI. TELLETH OF THE DUEL ON DERING TYE 318 XLII. MR. DUMBRELL MEDIATES 325 XLIII. IN WHICH SIR JOHN DEVOTES HIMSELF TO THE MUSE 331 XLIV. IN WHICH THE GHOST FLITS TO GOOD PURPOSE 337 XLV. WHICH, AS THE READER OBSERVES, BEGINS AND ENDS WITH MY LORD SAYLE 344 XLVI. TELLS HOW SIR JOHN DERING FLED THE DOWN-COUNTRY 352 XLVII. TELLETH HOW MY LADY HERMINIA BARRASDAILE WENT A-WOOING 360 XLVIII. WHICH IS, HAPPILY, THE LAST 366 SIR JOHN DERING PROLOGUE The light of guttering candles fell upon the two small-swords where they lay, the one glittering brightly, the other its murderous steel horribly bent and dimmed; and no sound to hear except a whisper of stirring leaves beyond the open window and the ominous murmur of hushed voices from the inner chamber.