Chapter 1 BETHRECEIVES AN INVITATION 1
Chapter 2 MOTHER AND DAUGHTER 9
Chapter 3 PATSY 17
Chapter 4 LOUISE MAKES A DISCOVERY 24
Chapter 5 AUNT JANE 29
Chapter 6 THE BOY 38
Chapter 7 THE FIRST WARNING 47
Chapter 8 THE DIPLOMAT 55
Chapter 9 COUSINS 62
Chapter 10 THE MAN WITH THE BUNDLE 73
Chapter 11 THE MAD GARDENER 84
Chapter 12 UNCLE JOHN GETS ACQUAINTED 98
Chapter 13 THE OTHER NIECE 110
Chapter 14 KENNETH IS FRIGHTENED 121
Chapter 15 PATSY MEETS WITH AN ACCIDENT 131
Chapter 16 GOOD RESULTS 137
Chapter 17 AUNT JANE'S HEIRESS 151
Chapter 18 PATRICIA SPEAKS FRANKLY 162
Chapter 19 DUPLICITY 170
Chapter 20 IN THE GARDEN 179
Chapter 21 READING THE WILL 184
Chapter 22 JAMES TELLS A STRANGE STORY 192
Chapter 23 PATSY ADOPTS AN UNCLE 201
Chapter 24 HOME AGAIN 209
Chapter 25 UNCLE JOHN ACTS QUEERLY 219
Chapter 26 A BUNCH OF KEYS 228
Chapter 27 LOUISE MAKES A DISCOVERY 242
Chapter 28 PATSY LOSES HER JOB 249
Chapter 29 THE MAJOR DEMANDS AN EXPLANATION 257