PORTRAIT OF GEORGE DU MAURIER _Frontispiece_
INSTITUTION F. BROSSARD 7
THE NEW BOY 11
A LITTLE PEACE-MAKER 17
LOUD RUNSWICK AND ANTOINETTE JOSSELIN 29
"'QUEL AMOUR D'ENFANT!'" 33
"AMIS, LA MATINEE EST BELLE" 51
"TOO MUCH 'MONTE CRISTO,' I'M AFRAID" 55
LE PERE POLYPHEME 71
FANFARONNADE 79
MEROVEE RINGS THE BELL 85
"WEEL MAY THE KEEL ROW" 107
A TERTRE-JOUAN TO THE RESCUE! 113
MADEMOISELLE MARCELINE 115
"'IF HE ONLY KNEW!'" 117
"'MAURICE AU PIQUET!'" 121
"QUAND ON PERD, PAR TRISTE OCCURRENCE," ETC. 127
THREE LITTLE MAIDS FROM SCHOOL (1853) 139
SOLITUDE 149
"'PILE OU FACE--HEADS OR TAILS?'" 153
"A LITTLE WHITE POINT OF INTERROGATION" 159
"'BONJOUR, MONSIEUR BONZIG'" 171
"'DEMI-TASSE--VOILA, M'SIEUR'" 179
PETER THE HERMIT AU PIQUET 187
"THE CARNIVAL OF VENICE" 197
"'A VOUS, MONSIEUR DE LA GARDE!'" 207
"'I AM A VERY ALTERED PERSON!'" 213
"THE MOONLIGHT SONATA" 227
ENTER MR. SCATCHERD 237
BARTY GIVES HIMSELF AWAY 243
SO NEAR AND YET SO FAR 245
"'HELAS! MON JEUNE AMI ...'" 251
"'YOU ASK ME WHY I LOOK SO PALE?'" 277
"'YOU DON'T MEAN TO SAY YOU'RE GOING TO PAINT FOR HIRE!'" 281
"'HE MIGHT HAVE THROWN THE HANDKERCHIEF AS HE PLEASED'" 287
DR. HASENCLEVER AND MRS. BLETCHLEY 305
"'MARTIA, I HAVE DONE MY BEST'" 311
AM RHEIN 315
"'DOES SHE KNOW YOU'RE VERY FOND OF HER?'" 319
"LEAH WAS SUMMONED FROM BELOW" 333
"BETWEEN TWO WELL KNOWN EARLS" 341
"LE DERNIER DES ABENCERRAGES" 345
"SARDONYX" 355
"'RATAPLAN, RATAPLAN'" 359
"'HE PRESENTS ME FIRST TO MADAME JOSSELIN'" 387
"'I DON'T THINK I EVER HEARD HIM MENTION YOUR NAME'" 401
"'I'M A PHILISTINE, AND AM NOT ASHAMED'" 411
"'ZE BRINCESS VOULD BE SO JARMT'" 431
MARTY 453