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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS "It was their strenuousness that had given Lady Wetherby that battered feeling" . . Frontispiece faoimo rAoa "He faced them . . . instructing heaven to bless his benefactor" 6 "We had got as far as this when Eustace . . . sud- denly sprang upon his back" S6 "Along came Bill at his customary high rate of speed" 86 "He eyed the seething frame with interest but with- out apparent panic" 126 '"Removed himself to the sink and began to hurl eggs at the scullery maid' " 164 '"Why didn't you tell me!' she said. 'Your socks are in an awful state, you poor boy !'"... 296 " 'I came after you, Bill' " . 322