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146 XVII. THE MEMORIAL 156 XVIII. THE TEE'D BALL 169 XIX. I AM MUCH IN THE HANDS OF THE LADIES 179 XX. I CONTINUE TO MOVE IN GOOD SOCIETY 189 PART II.--FATHER AND DAUGHTER XXI. THE VOYAGE INTO HOLLAND 203 XXII. HELVOETSLUYS 214 XXIII. TRAVELS IN HOLLAND 222 XXIV. FULL STORY OF A COPY OF HEINECCIUS 233 XXV. THE RETURN OF JAMES MORE 245 XXVI. THE THREESOME 252 XXVII. A TWOSOME 261 XXVIII. IN WHICH I AM LEFT ALONE 268 XXIX. WE MEET IN DUNKIRK 278 XXX. THE LETTER FROM THE SHIP 286 CONCLUSION 301 CATRIONA BEING MEMOIRS OF THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF DAVID BALFOUR AT HOME AND ABROAD IN WHICH ARE SET FORTH HIS MISFORTUNES ANENT THE APPIN MURDER, HIS TROUBLES WITH LORD ADVOCATE GRANT: CAPTIVITY ON THE BASS ROCK, JOURNEY INTO HOLLAND AND FRANCE, AND SINGULAR RELATIONS WITH JAMES MORE DRUMMOND OR MACGREGOR, A SON OF THE NOTORIOUS ROB ROY, AND HIS DAUGHTER CATRIONA: WRITTEN BY HIMSELF, AND NOW SET FORTH BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON _TO CHARLES BAXTER_ _WRITER TO THE SIGNET_ _My dear Charles,_ _It is the fate of sequels to disappoint those who have waited for them; and my David, having been left to kick his heels for more than a lustre in the British Linen Company's office, must expect his late re-appearance to be greeted with hoots, if not with missiles. Yet, when I remember the days of our explorations, I am not without hope. There should be left in our native city some seed of the elect; some long-legged, hot-headed youth must repeat to-day our dreams and wanderings of so many years ago; he will relish the pleasure, which should have been ours, to follow among named streets and numbered houses the country walks of David Balfour, to identify Dean, and Silvermills, and Broughton, and Hope Park, and Pilrig, and poor old Lochend--if it still be standing, and the Figgate Whins--if there be any of them left; or to push (on a long holiday) so far afield as Gillane or the Bass. So, perhaps, his eye shall be opened to behold the series of the generations, and he shall weigh with surprise his momentous and n
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