aul.--Meets Esther and Sir Donald.--The Call.--Esther's
Changed Manners.--Sir Donald's Tactics.

CHAPTER XIV 201

The Laniers Puzzled at Their Release.--Tentacles of the
Octopus Contracting.--Sir Donald and His Detectives Mystified.--Flight
of Pierre and Paul.

CHAPTER XV 210

The Retrospect.--Acquiesces in Fate's Opening Seals.

CHAPTER XVI 212

The Fugitives Disguised in London.--Paul's Caprices.--Advises
Pierre to "Avoid River Fogs."--Changed Shifts.

CHAPTER XVII 219

Back at Northfield.--Esther's Musings.--The Boat-Ride.--Repetition
of "Eugene Aram" Dream Lines.

CHAPTER XVIII 225

On the "Tramp" Steamer.--Odd Conceits.--The Handsome
Stranger.--The Consumptive.--"Ermine" Function.--It will be
All Right with Mother.--The Image Reflection.--The Stuttering
German.--Human Transfiguration.--Promethean Myth.--White
Heat of Life's Crucible.--Mother Left Out.--Arrival at New
York.

CHAPTER XIX 237

Thames Pantomimes.--Pierre Discovers Paul's Craze.--Seeks to
Elude Pursuer.--A Long Swoon.--Paul's Vigils.--The Pose and
Threat.

CHAPTER XX 247

Rasping Paradoxes.--Becoming Pessimistic.--Conference with
Chief Detective.--Charles at Home.--Criticises Oswald Langdon.--"A
Daniel Come to Judgment."

CHAPTER XXI 261

Studies Paul's Crazed Peculiarities.--Paul Missing.--His Return.--The
New Dagger.--The Alarm Clock.--Sleeps on his Father's
Arm.--Tragic Awakening.--The Arrests.

CHAPTER XXII 268

The "Corpus Delicti."--Sir Donald's Queer "Find."--Bessie
"Bottled."--"Cometh without Observation."--Charles and the
Interesting Strangers.--Visit of Veiled Woman.--Night Trip
to Northfield.--An Upturned Bloody Face.--Paul in Esther's
Room.--Call at Detective Headquarters.--A Misunderstanding.--Learns
of the Arrests.--A Recognition.--Mute Benediction.

CHAPTER XXIII 302
A Strange Story.

CHAPTER XXIV 363

At the Threshold of a New World's