Book 1

, chap. vi.]

[Illustration: IN THE BACK GARRET--A SICKLY ROOM, WITH A TURNED UP BEDSTEAD IN IT, SO HASTILY AND RECENTLY TURNED UP THAT THE BLANKETS WERE BOILING OVER, AS IT WERE, AND KEEPING THE LID OPEN--A HALF FINISHED BREAKFAST OF COFFEE AND TOAST, FOR TWO PERSONS, WAS JUMBLED DOWN ANYHOW ON A RICKETY TABLE-- Book 1 , chap. ix.]

[Illustration: "IS IT," SAID BARNWELL JUNIOR, TAKING HEED OF HIS VISITOR'S BROWN FACE, "ANYTHING--ABOUT--TONNAGE--OR THAT SORT OF THING?"-- Book 1 , chap. x.]

[Illustration: ONE MAN, SLOWLY MOVING ON TOWARDS CHALONS, WAS THE ONLY VISIBLE FIGURE ON THE LANDSCAPE. CAIN MIGHT HAVE LOOKED AS LONELY AND AVOIDED--