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  PROLOGUE 11

  CHAPTER

  I HOW A RETIRED PROVISION MERCHANT FELT THE IMPULSE OF SPRING 17

  II OF MR. JOHN HERITAGE AND THE DIFFERENCE IN POINTS OF VIEW 28

  III HOW CHILDE ROLAND AND ANOTHER CAME TO THE DARK TOWER 46

  IV DOUGAL 70

  V OF THE PRINCESS IN THE TOWER 85

  VI HOW MR. McCUNN DEPARTED WITH RELIEF AND RETURNED WITH RESOLUTION 114

  VII SUNDRY DOINGS IN THE MIRK 135

  VIII HOW A MIDDLE-AGED CRUSADER ACCEPTED A CHALLENGE 154

  IX THE FIRST BATTLE OF THE CRUIVES 171

  X DEALS WITH AN ESCAPE AND A JOURNEY 189

  XI GRAVITY OUT OF BED 209

  XII HOW MR. McCUNN COMMITTED AN ASSAULT UPON AN ALLY 225

  XIII THE COMING OF THE DANISH BRIG 244

  XIV THE SECOND BATTLE OF THE CRUIVES 257

  XV THE GORBALS DIE-HARDS GO INTO ACTION 286

  XVI IN WHICH A PRINCESS LEAVES A DARK TOWER AND A PROVISION MERCHANT RETURNS TO HIS FAMILY 306

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