First published by Herbert Jenkins Ltd 1921

Copyright 1921 by P. G. Wodehouse
All rights reserved

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. JIMMY MAKES A BET 7

II. THE NEW PYRAMUS AND THISBE 15

III. MR. McEACHERN 21

IV. MOLLY 26

V. A THIEF IN THE NIGHT 30

VI. AN EXHIBITION PERFORMANCE 36

VII. GETTING ACQUAINTED 42

VIII. AT DREEVER 48

IX. A NEW FRIEND AND AN OLD ONE 53

X. JIMMY ADOPTS A LAME DOG 60

XI. AT THE TURN OF THE ROAD 65

XII. MAKING A START 74

XIII. SPIKE’S VIEWS 82

XIV. CHECK, AND A COUNTER MOVE 87

XV. MR. McEACHERN INTERVENES 95

XVI. A MARRIAGE HAS BEEN ARRANGED 101

XVII. JIMMY REMEMBERS SOMETHING, AND HEARS SOMETHING ELSE 110

XVIII. THE LOCHINVAR METHOD 118

XIX. ON THE LAKE 124

XX. A LESSON IN PIQUET 131

XXI. LOATHSOME GIFTS 138

XXII. HOW TWO OF A TRADE DID NOT AGREE 141

XXIII. FAMILY JARS 147

XXIV. THE TREASURE-SEEKER 157

XXV. EXPLANATIONS AND AN INTERRUPTION 164

XXVI. STIRRING TIMES FOR SIR THOMAS 171

XXVII. A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 176

XXVIII. SPENNIE’S HOUR OF CLEAR VISION 185

XXIX. THE LAST ROUND 190

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