PART II.--RIVALS IN LOVE 17

CHAPTERS

I. LONDON IN 1910 21

II. AT THE NEW BAILEY 29

III. THE LEAGUERS’ FIRST MOVE 36

IV. THE CASE THAT FAILED 46

V. THE LEAGUERS’ SECOND MOVE 54

VI. THE MURDER OF DR GRADY 61

VII. LOVE ON THE LEAS 69

VIII. SIR JOHN BREAKS DOWN 77

IX. FATHER FRANCIS AT FOLKESTONE 85

X. MARCUS WHITE RETURNS 97

XI. THE SIGN OF THE SPIDER 105

XII. THE “EPOCH” RUNS AMOK 115

XIII. THE STRANGE OUTBREAK AT QUEEN’S HALL 125

XIV. BILLY OF MAYFAIR 132

XV. THE SHRINE OF LUXURY AND PRIDE 142

XVI. THE MANIA THAT LAID HOLD OF LONDON 152

XVII. THE GREAT FIRE IN HYDE PARK 160

XVIII. ALDWYTH ASKS A QUESTION 171

XIX. THE LORD MAYOR READS THE RIOT ACT 178

XX. THE LEAGUERS AT THE HOME OFFICE 189

XXI. THE DEVIL’S OWN ON THE DEFENSIVE 198

XXII. THE BOMB BRIGADE 208

XXIII. THE CRANKS’ CORNER 216

XXIV. THE LOWER CRITIC 222

XXV. MARCUS WHITE GIVES ORDERS 231

XXVI. THE CAPTURE OF THE JUDGES 239

XXVII. THE BLACK CHRISTMAS 251

XXVIII. IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE 260

XXIX. BILLY’S MESSAGE 266

XXX. THE FATE OF PORTSMOUTH DOCKYARD 276

XXXI. THE NAVAL BATTLE OFF PLYMOUTH 285

XXXII. MARCUS WHITE AND THE MOB 296

XXXIII. THE FOREIGN SECRETARY 306

XXXIV. THE EAGLE IN THE LION’S JAWS 314

XXXV. THE KING AND THE KAISER 318

XXXVI. THE BROTHERHOOD OF DEATH 324

XXXVII. THE GREAT THANKSGIVING 328

A Time of Terror

PROLOGUE (A.D. 1885)