V. The Chinaman's Head 39 VI. Lemuel Mizzen, A.B. 48 VII. The Hands of the Clock come Together 54 VIII. Celluloid Cuffs and a Silk Hat 60 IX. The Odour of Sanctity 65 X. Captain Higginson and the Spanish Main 69 XI. A Mixed Company in search of Adventure 74 XII. The Voyage of the Sieve 81 XIII. The Cabin-Boy's Revenge 93 XIV. The Cruise of the Mattresses 107 XV. A Fall in the Dark 111 XVI. Captain Lingo and a Fine Piece of Head-Work 122 XVII. High Dudgeon and Low Dudgeon 139 XVIII. The Society for Piratical Research 146 XIX. A Knock at the Door 160 XX. The City of Towers 171 XXI. Shiraz the Rug-Merchant 178 XXII. Six Enchanted Souls 187 XXIII. From the Fire Back to the Frying-Pan 196 XXIV. Disenchantment Complete 200 XXV. The Old Man of the Mountain 209 XXVI. The King's Tower 216 XXVII. The Sorcerer's Den 222 XXVIII. The Old Tobacco Shop 231 THE OLD TOBACCO SHOP CHAPTER I MR. PUNCH AND THE CLOCK-TOWER When the Little Boy first went to the Old Tobacco Shop, he stood a long while before going in, to look at the wooden figure which stood beside the door. His father was sitting at home in his carpet-slippers, waiting for tobacco for his pipe, but when the Little Boy saw the wooden figure he forgot all about hurrying,--"Now don't be long," his mother had said, and his father had said "Hurry back,"--but he forgot all about hurrying, and stood and looked at the wooden figure a long time: a little hunchbacked man, not so very much taller than himself, on a low wooden box, holding out in one hand a packet of black wooden cigars. His back was terribly humped up between his shoulders, his face was square and bony, if wood can be said to be bony, he was bareheaded and bald-headed, he had a wide mouth, and his high nose curved down over it and his pointed chin curved up under it; and his breast stuck out in front almost as much as his shoulders stuck out behind.