VI. THE PENITENT 277 VII. THE YELLOW PAINT 277 VIII. THE HOUSE OF ELD 280 IX. THE FOUR REFORMERS 286 X. THE MAN AND HIS FRIEND 287 XI. THE READER 287 XII. THE CITIZEN AND THE TRAVELLER 288 XIII. THE DISTINGUISHED STRANGER 289 XIV. THE CART-HORSES AND THE SADDLE-HORSE 290 XV. THE TADPOLE AND THE FROG 291 XVI. SOMETHING IN IT 291 XVII. FAITH, HALF-FAITH, AND NO FAITH AT ALL 295 XVIII. THE TOUCHSTONE 297 XIX. THE POOR THING 304 XX. THE SONG OF THE MORROW 310 THE STORY OF A LIE THE STORY OF A LIE CHAPTER I INTRODUCES THE ADMIRAL When Dick Naseby was in Paris he made some odd acquaintances, for he was one of those who have ears to hear, and can use their eyes no less than their intelligence. He made as many thoughts as Stuart Mill; but his philosophy concerned flesh and blood, and was experimental as to its method. He was a type-hunter among mankind. He despised small game and insignificant personalities, whether in the shape of dukes or bagmen, letting them go by like sea-weed; but show him a refined or powerful face, let him hear a plangent or a penetrating voice, fish for him with a living look in some one's eye, a passionate gesture, a meaning or ambiguous smile, and his mind was instantaneously awakened. "There was a man, there was a woman," he seemed to say, and he stood up to the task of comprehension with the delight of an artist in his art.