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0. SAPPS COURT 3 I. DAVE AND HIS FAMILY 6 II. A SHORTAGE OF MUD 16 III. DAVE'S ACCIDENT 24 IV. BACK FROM THE HOSPITAL 30 V. MRS. PRICHARD 40 VI. THE STORY OF THE TWINS 45 VII. DAVE'S CONVALESCENT HAVEN 60 VIII. DAVE'S RETURN TO SAPPS COURT 72 IX. A VERDICT OF DEATH BY DROWNING 84 X. AT THE TOWERS 93 XI. MR. PELLEW AND MISS DICKENSON 110 XII. THE MAN WHO WAS SHOT 117 XIII. AN INQUIRY FOR A WIDOW 127 XIV. A SUCCESSFUL CAPTURE 134 XV. WHAT AUNT M'RIAR OVERHEARD 150 XVI. THE INNER LIFE OF SAPPS COURT 156 XVII. HOW ADRIAN WAS NURSED AT THE TOWERS 171 XVIII. HOW GWEN AND THE COUNTESS VISITED ADRIAN 185 XIX. GWEN'S VERY BAD NIGHT 200 XX. SLOW AND FAST APPROXIMATION 208 XXI. A RAPID ARRIVAL 220 XXII. A CONFESSION AND ITS EFFECTS 239 XXIII. GWEN'S VISIT TO MRS. MARRABLE 258 XXIV. THE SLOW APPROXIMATION GOES SLOWLY ON 272 XXV. A GAME OF WHIST 282 XXVI. HOW AUNT M'RIAR'S STORY CAME OUT 293 XXVII. HOW SAPPS HEARD A VISITOR WAS COMING 312 XXVIII. GWEN'S VISIT, AND WHAT ENDED IT 320 XXIX. HOW THE SLOW COUPLE BECAME ENGAGED 331 XXX. GWEN'S ACCOUNT OF THE CRASH 351 XXXI. MRS. PRICHARD AT CAVENDISH SQUARE 364 XXXII. AT THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS 379