Chapter I: Prologue: 1

I. MY LORD'S LEVEE 15

II. THE LADY ANASTASIA 29

III. THE "SOCIETY" OF LYNN 34

IV. THE GRAND DISCOVERY 42

V. THE PORT OF LYNN 48

VI. THE MAID OF LYNN 55

VII. THE POET 64

VIII. THE OPENING OF THE SPA 70

IX. SENT TO THE SPA 83

X. "OF THE NICEST HONOUR" 97

XI. THE HUMOURS OF THE SPA 104

XII. THE CAPTAIN'S AMBITION 112

XIII. MOLLY'S FIRST MINUET 120

XIV. MOLLY'S COUNTRY DANCE 127

XV. THE CARD ROOM 133

XVI. HIS LORDSHIP'S INTENTIONS 141

XVII. "IN THE LISBON TRADE" 147

XVIII. THE WITCH 157

XIX. A TRUE FRIEND 163

XX. FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING 172

XXI. MOLLY'S SECOND APPEARANCE 178

XXII. THE ABDUCTION 185

XXIII. WHICH WAY TO FOLLOW? 196

XXIV. THE PUNISHMENT 201

XXV. A GRATEFUL MIND 209

XXVI. THE LAST STEP BUT ONE 217

XXVII. THE EXPECTED BLOW 224

XXVIII. WARNING 231

XXIX. THE ARDENT LOVER 238

XXX. THE SECRET 246

XXXI. THE "SOCIETY" AGAIN 254

XXXII. A RESPITE 262

XXXIII. A WEDDING 270

XXXIV. A NEW COMPACT 278

XXXV. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? 287

XXXVI. THE DAY OF FATE 293

XXXVII. THE BUBBLE AND THE SKY ROCKET 306

XXXVIII. THE OPINION OF COUNSEL 312

XXXIX. THE FRUITS OF SUBMISSION 320

XL. ON MY RETURN 332

XLI. THE FIRST AND THE SECOND CONFEDERATE 345

XLII. THE THIRD AND THE FOURTH CONFEDERATE 355

XLIII. THE FIFTH AND LAST CONFEDERATE 361