To
MY DEAR MOTHER

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. THE PRINCIPAL CHARACTER IN THE STORY
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV. THE RIDING FORTH OF MR. HOOPDRIVER
CHAPTER V. THE SHAMEFUL EPISODE OF THE YOUNG LADY IN GREY
CHAPTER VI. ON THE ROAD TO RIPLEY
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX. HOW MR. HOOPDRIVER WAS HAUNTED
CHAPTER X. THE IMAGININGS OF MR. HOOPDRIVER’S HEART
CHAPTER XI. OMISSIONS
CHAPTER XII. THE DREAMS OF MR. HOOPDRIVER
CHAPTER XIII. HOW MR. HOOPDRIVER WENT TO HASLEMERE
CHAPTER XIV. HOW MR. HOOPDRIVER REACHED MIDHURST
CHAPTER XV. AN INTERLUDE
CHAPTER XVI. OF THE ARTIFICIAL IN MAN, AND OF THE ZEITGEIST
CHAPTER XVII. THE ENCOUNTER AT MIDHURST
CHAPTER XVIII.
CHAPTER XIX.
CHAPTER XX. THE PURSUIT
CHAPTER XXI. AT BOGNOR
CHAPTER XXII.
CHAPTER XXIII.
CHAPTER XXIV. THE MOONLIGHT RIDE
CHAPTER XXV.
CHAPTER XXVI. THE SURBITON INTERLUDE
CHAPTER XXVII. THE AWAKENING OF MR. HOOPDRIVER
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE DEPARTURE FROM CHICHESTER
CHAPTER XXIX. THE UNEXPECTED ANECDOTE OF THE LION
CHAPTER XXX. THE RESCUE EXPEDITION
CHAPTER XXXI.
CHAPTER XXXII. MR. HOOPDRIVER, KNIGHT ERRANT
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE ABASEMENT OF MR. HOOPDRIVER
CHAPTER XXXIV.
CHAPTER XXXV.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
CHAPTER XXXVII. IN THE NEW FOREST
CHAPTER XXXVIII. AT THE RUFUS STONE
CHAPTER XXXIX.
CHAPTER XL.
CHAPTER XLI. THE ENVOY