75
Half-title to Chapter V 76
Head-piece to Chapter V 77
Geoffrey replieth with deplorable Flippancy to Father Anselm 84
Tail-piece to Chapter V 89
Half-title to Chapter VI 90
Head-piece to Chapter VI 91
The Baron setteth forth his Plan for circumventing the Dragon 96
Geoffrey tuggeth at the Bars 101
Tail-piece to Chapter VI 111
Half-title to Chapter VII 112
Head-piece to Chapter VII 113
Elaine cometh into the Cellar 120
Geoffrey goeth to meet the Dragon 128
Half-title to Chapter VIII 135
Head-piece to Chapter VIII 136
The Dragon thinketh to slake his Thirst 142
The Dragon perceiveth Himself to be Entrapped 148
A Noise in the Cellar 155, 156
Half-title to Chapter IX 167
Head-piece to Chapter IX 168
Sir Francis decideth to go down again 176
Brother Hubert goeth back to Oyster-le-Main for the last Time 181
Tail-piece to Chapter IX 185
Half-title to Chapter X 186
Head-piece to Chapter X 187
Sir Thomas de Brie hastens to accept the Baron's polite
Invitation 192
The Court-yard 198
The Dragon maketh his last Appearance 203
L'Envoi 208

[Illustration: QUI NE SAULTE SAULTE SERA]

CHAPTER I

How _Sir Godfrey_ came to lose his Temper

[Illustration: THE BVTLER HIS BOY GODFREY DISSEISIN]

There was something wrong in the cellar at Wantley Manor. Little
Whelpdale knew it, for he was Buttons, and Buttons always knows what
is being done with