In which Cecil Banborough Drives a Black Maria

In which the Black Maria Receives a New Inmate

In which the Party Receives a New Impetus

In which the Bishop of Blanford Receives a Black Eye

In which a Line is Drawn and Crossed

In which a Locket is Accepted and a Ring Refused

In which Mrs. Mackintosh Admires Jonah

In which the Enemy Arrives

In which Peace is Proposed and War Declared

In which the Bishop is Abducted

In which the Bishop Eats Jam Tart, and Miss Matilda Humble-pie

In which Miss Arminster Proposes to Marry Again

In which Miss Arminster Verifies the Proverb

PART I.

AMERICA.

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CHAPTER I.

IN WHICH CECIL BANBOROUGH ACHIEVES FAME AND THE "DAILY LEADER" A "SCOOP."

Cecil Banborough stood at one of the front windows of a club which faced on Fifth Avenue, his hands in his pockets, and a cigarette in his mouth, idly watching the varied life of the great thoroughfare. He had returned to the city that morning after a two weeks' absence in the South, and, having finished his lunch, was wondering how he could manage to put in the time till the 4:30 express left for 

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