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CONTENTS
chapter page I A Friend in Need................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1 II A Breeze of Wind................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................15 III An Afternoon Ashore................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................3 IV A Change of Environment................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................42 V The Old Country................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................56 VI Upon the Heights................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................69 VII Storm-Stayed................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................82 VIII Lucy Vane................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................96 IX Chisholm Proves Amenable................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................108 X With the Otter Hounds................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................120 XI Vane Withdraws................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................134 XII In Vancouver................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................147 XIII A New Project................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................156 XIV Vane Sails North................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................167 XV The First Misadventure................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................176 XVI The Bush................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................186 XVII Vane Postpones the Search................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................198 XVIII Jessy Confers a Favor................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................208 XIX Vane Foresees Trouble................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................220 XX The Flood................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................229 XXI Vane Yields a Point................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................238 XXII Evelyn Goes for a Sail................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................253 XXIII Vane Proves Obdurate................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................266 XXIV Jessy Strikes................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................277 XXV The Intercepted Letter................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................289