Produced by Marius Masi, Jonathan Ingram and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON SWANSTON EDITION VOLUME XX _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ [Illustration: R. L. S. IN THE BOW OF THE SCHOONER "EQUATOR"] THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON VOLUME TWENTY LONDON : PUBLISHED BY CHATTO AND WINDUS : IN ASSOCIATION WITH CASSELL AND COMPANY LIMITED : WILLIAM HEINEMANN : AND LONGMANS GREEN AND COMPANY MDCCCCXII ALL RIGHTS RESERVED CONTENTS ST. IVES CHAPTER PAGE I. A TALE OF A LION RAMPANT 3 II. A TALE OF A PAIR OF SCISSORS 16 III. MAJOR CHEVENIX COMES INTO THE STORY AND GOGUELAT GOES OUT 23 IV. ST. IVES GETS A BUNDLE OF BANK-NOTES 34 V. ST. IVES IS SHOWN A HOUSE 42 VI. THE ESCAPE 50 VII. SWANSTON COTTAGE 60 VIII. THE HEN-HOUSE 68 IX. THREE IS COMPANY, AND FOUR NONE 75 X. THE DROVERS 88 XI. THE GREAT NORTH ROAD 99 XII. I FOLLOW A COVERED CART NEARLY TO MY DESTINATION 110 XIII. I MEET TWO OF MY COUNTRYMEN 122 XIV. TRAVELS OF THE COVERED CART 131 XV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ATTORNEY'S CLERK 138 XVI. THE HOME-COMING OF MR. ROWLEY'S VISCOUNT 154 XVII. THE DESPATCH-BOX 163 XVIII. MR. ROMAINE CALLS ME NAMES 172 XIX. THE DEVIL AND ALL AT AMERSHAM PLACE 182 XX. AFTER THE STORM 193 XXI. I BECOME THE OWNER OF A CLARET-COLOURED CHAISE 204 XXII. CHARACTER AND ACQUIREMENTS OF MR. ROWLEY 214 XXIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE RUNAWAY COUPLE 224 XXIV. THE INN-KEEPER OF KIRKBY-LONSDALE 236 XXV. I MEET A CHEERFUL EXTRAVAGANT 244 XXVI. THE COTTAGE AT NIGHT 251 XXVII. THE SABBATH-DAY 261 XXVIII. EVENTS OF MONDAY: THE LAWYER'S PARTY 272 XXIX. EVENTS OF TUESDAY: THE TOILS CLOSING 286 XXX. EVENTS OF WEDNESDAY: THE UNIVERSITY OF CRAMOND 298 _The remaining Chapters are by_ A. T. QUILLER-COUCH