ContentsIA Family CelebrationIISir Vernon’s WillIIIMurderIVWhat Joan Found in the GardenVPlain as a PikestaffVIA Pause for ReflectionVIIThe Case Against Walter BrooklynVIIIA Review of the CaseIXWalter Brooklyn’s ExplanationXCharis LangXIJoan Takes Up the CaseXIIRobert ElleryXIIIAn ArrestXIVMainly a Love SceneXVTo and FroXVIA Link in the ChainXVIIThe Lovely LadyXVIIIThe Case for the DefenceXIXThe Police Have Their DoubtsXXSuperintendent Wilson Thinks It OutXXIDon QuixoteXXII“The Spaniard” Does His BitXXIIIWalter Brooklyn Goes FreeXXIVA Fresh StartXXVRaising the WindXXVITwo Men Strike a BargainXXVIIRobert Ellery’s IdeaXXVIIIThe Superintendent’s TheoryXXIXThe Lie of the LandXXXA Letter and Its ConsequencesXXXIA Button in a BagXXXIISir John BunneryXXXIIIOn the TilesXXXIVThe Stable-YardXXXVAn Order for BulbsXXXVIAn Afternoon CallXXXVIIA Happy Ending