CHAPTER XLV

I. THE INMATES OF RAYNHAM ABBEY

II. FATES SELECTED THE FOURTEENTH BIRTHDAY TO TRY THE STRENGTH

III. THE MAGIAN CONFLICT

IV. ARSON

V. ADRIAN PLIES HIS HOOK

VI. JUVENILE STRATAGEMS

VII. DAPHNE'S BOWER

VIII. THE BITTER CUP

IX. A FINE DISTINCTION

X. RICHARD PASSES THROUGH HIS PRELIMINARY ORDEAL

XI. THE LAST ACT OF THE BAKEWELL COMEDY IS CLOSED IN A LETTER

XII. THE BLOSSOMING SEASON

XIII. THE MAGNETIC AGE

XIV. AN ATTRACTION

XV. FERDINAND AND MIRANDA

XVI. UNMASKING OF MASTER RIPTON THOMPSON

XVII. GOOD WINE AND GOOD BLOOD

XVIII. THE SYSTEM ENCOUNTERS THE WILD OATS SPECIAL PLEA

XIX. A DIVERSION PLAYED ON A PENNY WHISTLE

XX. CELEBRATES THE TIME-HONOURED TREATMENT OF A DRAGON BY THE HERO

XXI. RICHARD IS SUMMONED TO TOWN TO HEAR A SERMON

XXII. INDICATES THE APPROACHES OF FEVER

XXIII. CRISIS IN THE APPLE-DISEASE

XXIV. OF THE SPRING PRIMROSE AND THE AUTUMNAL

XXV. IN WHICH THE HERO TAKES A STEP

XXVI. RECORDS THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THE HERO

XXVII. CONTAINS AN INTERCESSION FOR THE HEROINE

XXVIII. PREPARATIONS FOR ACTION WERE CONDUCTED UNDER THE APRIL OF LOVERS

XIX. THE LAST ACT OF THE COMEDY TAKES THE PLACE OF THE FIRST

XXX. CELEBRATES THE BREAKFAST

XXXI. THE PHILOSOPHER APPEARS IN PERSON

XXXII. PROCESSION OF THE CAKE

XXXIII. NURSING THE DEVIL

XXXIV. CONQUEST OF AN EPICURE

XXXV. CLARE'S MARRIAGE

XXXVI. A DINNER-PARTY AT RICHMOND

XXXVII. MRS. BERRY ON MATRIMONY

XXXVIII. AN ENCHANTRESS

XXXIX. THE LITTLE BIRD AND THE FALCON: A BERRY TO THE RESCUE!

XL. CLARE'S DIARY

XLI. AUSTIN RETURNS

XLII. NATURE SPEAKS

XLIII. AGAIN THE MAGIAN CONFLICT

XLIV. THE LAST SCENE

XLV. LADY BLANDISH TO AUSTIN WENTWORTH

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