BOOK I

CHAP. PAGE
I. ALARIC GOES TO THE MATING-DANCE- – 13
II. WHAT CAME OF IT- – – – – 28
III. AT THE RESIDENCE- – – – 36
IV. THE PRESIDENT- – – – – 47
V. CONGRATULATIONS- – – – – 54
VI. CHOOSING A NEST- – – – – 66
VII. CAJOLING THE PRESIDENT- – – 80
VIII. HECTOR COMES HOME- – – – 87
IX. JIMMY- – – – – – 94
X. THE BOOK- – – – – – 101
XI. “UNDER OBSERVATION”- – – – 113
XII. THE END OF THE BOOK- – – – 121
XIII. THE PRESIDENT AND HIS SON- – – 131
XIV. MATING-DAY- – – – – 138