The Firm of Girdlestone

The Author

Preface

I cannot let this small romance go to press without prefacing it with a word of cordial thanks to Mr. P. G. Houlgrave, of 28, Millman Street, Bedford Row. To this gentleman I owe the accuracy of my African chapters, and I am much indebted to him for the copious details with which he furnished me.

A. CONAN DOYLE.

Contents

1. Mr. John Harston Keeps an Appointment
2. Charity a la Mode
3. Thomas Gilray Makes an Investment
4. Captain Hamilton Miggs of the Black Eagle
5. Modern Athenians
6. A Rectorial Election
7. England versus Scotland
8. A First Professional
9. A Nasty Cropper
10. Dwellers in Bohemia
11. Senior and Junior
12. A Corner in Diamonds
13. Shadow and Light
14. A Slight Misunderstanding
15. An Addition to the House
16. The First Step
17. The Land of Diamonds
18. Major Tobias Clutterbuck Comes in for a Thousand Pounds
19. News from the Urals
20. Mr. Hector O'Flaherty Finds Something in the Paper
21. An Unexpected Blow
22. Robbers and Robbed
23. A Momentous Resolution
24. A Dangerous Promise
25. A Change of Front
26. Breaking Ground
27. Mrs. Scully of Morrison's
28. Back in Bohemia
29. The Great Dance at Morrison's
30. At the "Cock and Cowslip"
31. A Crisis at Eccleston Square
32. A Conversation in the Eccleston Square Library
33. The Journey to the Priory
34. The Man With the Camp-Stool
35. A Talk on the Lawn
36. The Incident of the Corridor
37. A Chase And A Brawl
38. Girdlestone Sends for the Doctor
39. A Gleam of Light
40. The Major Has a Letter
41. The Clouds Grow Darker
42. The Three Faces at the Window
43. The Bait on the Hook
44. The Shadow of Death
45. The Invasion of Hampshire
46. A Midnight Cruise
47. Law and Order
48. Captain Hamilton Miggs Sees a Vision
49. A Voyage in a Coffin Ship
50. Winds Up The Thread And Ties Two Knots at the End