Hannibal (Laps)
by Scipio (Pennewip) 61

Chapter X

Causes of the tedious peace in Europe, showing the value
of a "tea-evening" as a study--Specimens of school-verse
concluded--Suitable for society poets and clever children 68

Chapter XI

Report on the condition of the leading characters after the
catastrophe--Walter again: a character-study 75

Chapter XII

Leentje as a comforter and questioner--Prince Walter and his
dominions 80

Chapter XIII

Convincing proofs of Walter's improvement--His first invitation--A
study in love--Paradise and Peri 87

Chapter XIV

Great changes in the Pieterse family--Walter becomes poet-laureate
at the court of Juffrouw Laps--The mountains of Asia--The bridge,
Glorioso, and love--again 102

Chapter XV

Walter's dream--A swell coachman--Juffrouw Laps's difficulties
117

Chapter XVI

Femke hunts for Walter, and finds him under peculiar
circumstances--Her adventures by the way 125

Chapter XVII

The widower's birthday--Klaasje's poem, and how a surprise may
involve further surprises 132

Chapter XVIII

Walter's recovery--The doctor's pictures--Amsterdam dramaturgy
138

Chapter XIX

Pastors, sermons, and Juffrouw Laps--Chocolate, timidity, and
love--The fire that didn't break out--Some details of religious
belief 150

Chapter XX

Our hero calls on the doctor--Some strange happenings--How Walter
delivered his present 161

Chapter XXI

Ophelia reaches her destination, and Femke becomes a
queen--Walter's first experience "proposing"--Choosing a
profession 170

Chapter XXII

Walter enters the real world--The firm Motto, Business & Co.--The
technique of the novel--And the snuff of the Romans 180

Chapter XXIII

How one may become a "prodigal" by studying the story of the
Prodigal Son