199

XXVI

_Mr Jabberjee expresses some audaciously sceptical opinions.
How he secured his first Salmon, with the manner in which
he presented it to his divinity._ 207

XXVII

_Mr Jabberjee is unavoidably compelled to return to town,
thereby affording his Solicitor the inestimable benefit
of his personal assistance. An apparent attempt to pack
the Jury._ 216

XXVIII

_Mankletow ~v.~ Jabberjee. Notes taken by Mr Jabberjee
in Court during the proceedings._ 225

XXIX

_Further proceedings in the Case of Mankletow ~v.~
Jabberjee. Mr Jabberjee's Opening for the Defence._ 235

XXX

_Mankletow ~v.~ Jabberjee (part heard). Mr Jabberjee
finds cross-examination much less formidable than he had
anticipated._ 245

XXXI

_Mankletow ~v.~ Jabberjee (continued). The Defendant
brings his Speech to a somewhat unexpected conclusion, and
Mr Witherington, Q.C., addresses the Jury in reply._ 255

XXXII

_Containing the conclusion of the whole matter, and (which
many Readers will receive in a spirit of chastened
resignation) Mr Jabberjee's final farewell._ 265

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

_"Unaccustomed to dark-complexioned gentlemen."_ _Frontispiece_

_Baboo Hurry Bungsho Jabberjee, B.A._ viii

_"Let out! Let out!!"_ 5

_"A golden-headed umbrella, fresh as a rose."_ 15

_"Miss Jessimina Mankletow."_ 25

_"I instantaneously endured the total upset!"_ 37

_"With a large, stout constable."_ 47

_"Was accosted by a polite, agreeable stranger."_ 51

_"A weedy, tall male gentleman."_ 61

_"A beaming simper of indescribable suavity."_ 81

_"I became once more the silent tomb."_ 91

_"In garbage of unparagoned shabbiness."_ 99

_"The spectators saluted me with shouts of joy as the
returned Shahzadar."_ 107

_"Some haughty masculine might insult her under