Contents
chapter page Prelude 1 I. Sheltered People 5 II. The Undercurrent 17 III. Rice-papers 31 IV. Dangerous Secrets 45 V. The Pursuit Continues 55 VI. Rizzio Takes Charge 68 VII. An Intruder 83 VIII. Evidence 96 IX. The Viking's Tower 108 X. The Yellow Dove 121 XI. Von Stromberg 131 XII. Hammersley Explains 145 XIII. The Unwilling Guest 157 XIV. Von Stromberg Catechises 172 XV. The Inquisition 188 XVI. The General Plays to Win 206 XVII. Lindberg 221 XVIII. Success 243 XIX. The Cave on the Thorwald 260 XX. The Fight in the Cavern 275 XXI. Hare and Hounds 289 XXII. From the Heights 306 XXIII. Headquarters 320