This book summarizes the down fall of one of the largest African trading firms in London, and the futile attempts of father and son to save it, resulting in ruin and death. (Summary by Ashton Hoffman)
Chapters
1 PREFACE 1 min 2 MR. JOHN HARSTON KEEPS AN APPOINTMENT 29 min 3 CHARITY A LA MODE 11 min 4 THOMAS GILRAY MAKES AN INVESTMENT 10 min 5 CAPTAIN HAMILTON MIGGS OF THE "BLACK EAGLE." 21 min 6 MODERN ATHENIANS 14 min 7 A RECTORIAL ELECTION 16 min 8 ENGLAND VERSUS SCOTLAND 31 min 9 A FIRST PROFESSIONAL 17 min 10 A NASTY CROPPER 13 min 11 DWELLERS IN BOHEMIA 33 min 12 SENIOR AND JUNIOR 19 min 13 A CORNER IN DIAMONDS 16 min 14 SHADOW AND LIGHT 19 min 15 A SLIGHT MISUNDERSTANDING 25 min 16 AN ADDITION TO THE HOUSE 10 min 17 THE FIRST STEP 17 min 18 THE LAND OF DIAMONDS 16 min 19 MAJOR TOBIAS CLUTTERBUCK COMES IN FOR A THOUSAND POUNDS 24 min 20 NEWS FROM THE URALS 12 min 21 MR. HECTOR O'FLAHERTY FINDS SOMETHING IN THE PAPER 21 min 22 AN UNEXPECTED BLOW 21 min 23 ROBBERS AND ROBBED 20 min 24 A MOMENTOUS RESOLUTION 9 min 25 A DANGEROUS PROMISE 17 min 26 A CHANGE OF FRONT 22 min 27 BREAKING GROUND 13 min 28 MRS. SCULLY OF MORRISON'S 21 min 29 BACK IN BOHEMIA 14 min 30 A CRISIS AT ECCLESTON SQUARE 17 min 31 THE GREAT DANCE AT MORRISON'S 26 min 32 AT THE "COCK AND COWSLIP." 17 min 33 A CONVERSATION IN THE ECCLESTON SQUARE LIBRARY 13 min 34 THE JOURNEY TO THE PRIORY 16 min 35 THE MAN WITH THE CAMP-STOOL 19 min 36 A TALK ON THE LAWN 15 min 37 THE INCIDENT OF THE CORRIDOR 14 min 38 A CHASE AND A BRAWL 12 min 39 GIRDLESTONE SENDS FOR THE DOCTOR 15 min 40 A GLEAM OF LIGHT 9 min 41 THE MAJOR HAS A LETTER 17 min 42 THE CLOUDS GROW DARKER 18 min 43 THE THREE FACES AT THE WINDOW 16 min 44 THE BAIT ON THE HOOK 10 min 45 THE SHADOW OF DEATH 16 min 46 THE INVASION OF HAMPSHIRE 17 min 47 A MIDNIGHT CRUISE 21 min 48 LAW AND ORDER 14 min 49 CAPTAIN HAMILTON MIGGS SEES A VISION 20 min 50 A VOYAGE IN A COFFIN SHIP 29 min 51 WINDS UP THE THREAD AND TIES TWO KNOTS AT THE END 12 min
