53

XII.--Some odd facts about the Tiled House--being an
authentic narrative of the ghost of a hand 57

XIII.--In which the rector visits the Tiled House,
and Doctor Toole looks after the Brass Castle 63

XIV.--Relating how Puddock purged O'Flaherty's head--a
chapter which, it is hoped, no genteel person will read 66

XV.--AEsculapius to the rescue 69

XVI.--The ordeal by battle 73

XVII.--Lieutenant Puddock receives an invitation and a rap
over the knuckles 81

XVIII.--Relating how the gentlemen sat over their claret,
and how Doctor Sturk saw a face 86

XIX.--In which the gentlemen follow the ladies 91

XX.--In which Mr. Dangerfield visits the church of Chapelizod,
and Zekiel Irons goes a-fishing 94

XXI.--Relating among other things how Doctor Toole walked
up to the Tiled House, and of his pleasant discourse with
Mr. Mervyn 100

XXII.--Telling how Mr. Mervyn fared at Belmont, and of a pleasant
little dejeuner by the margin of the Liffey 104

XXIII.--Which concerns the grand dinner at the King's House, and
who were there, and something of their talk, reveries,
disputes, and general jollity 108

XXIV.--In which two young persons understand one another better,
perhaps, than ever they did before, without saying so 113

XXV.--In which the sun sets, and the merry-making is kept up
by candle-light in the King's House, and Lily receives a
warning which she does not comprehend 116

XXVI.--Relating how the band of the Royal Irish Artillery played,
and, while the music was going on, how variously different
people were moved 122

XXVII.--Concerning the troubles and the shapes that began to gather
about Doctor Sturk 125

XXVIII.--In which Mr. Irons recounts some old recollections about
the Pied-horse and the Flower de Luce