I Introducing Mr. Peter Ruff 1
II A New Career 17
III Vincent Cawdor, Commission Agent 40
IV The Indiscretion of Letty Shaw 61
V Delilah from Streatham 84
VI The Little Lady from Servia 106
VII The Demand of the Double-Four 121
VIII Mrs. Bognor's Star Boarder 137
IX The Perfidy of Miss Brown 154
X Wonderful John Dory 172
5 BOOK TWO
I Recalled by the Double-Four 199
II Prince Albert's Card Debts 210
III The Ambassador's Wife 220
IV The Man from the Old Testament 235
V The First Shot 258
VI The Seven Suppers of Andrea Korust 274
VII Major Kosuth's Mission 299
VIII The Man Behind the Curtain 322
IX The Ghosts of Havana Harbor 340
X The Affair of an Alien Society 368
XI The Thirteenth Encounter 390