Prologue 7
I.—Flowers of the Forest 17
II.—Flowers of the Court 21
III.—How Blossom fainted, and what followed 26
IV.—A Glimpse of his Excellency Lord Dunmore 28
V.—How his Excellency got the better of a Child 30
VI.—The Great-Grandson of Pocahontas 38
VII.—Conspiracy 46
VIII.—Vanely 53
IX.—Bonnybel Vane 57
X.—“Old Gouty” 65
XI.—A May Morning in '74 67
XII.—The Window Panes at Vanely 73
XIII.—How they danced a Minuet de la Cour 76
XIV.—Which verifies the Proverb, that listeners never hear any
good of themselves 81
XV.—Bonnybel looks in a Mirror and laughs 85
XVI.—The News from Boston 90
XVII.—The Model of a Perfect Lover 95
XVIII.—How Mr. Lindon came to, and went away from Vanely 101
XIX.—Bonnybel Vane to her friend, Mistress Catherine Effingham,
at “The Cove,” in Gloucester County 109
XX.—How Miss Bonnybel fainted in the Arms of her Cousin 112
XXI.—Bonnybel Vane to her Friend, Kate Effingham 121
XXII.—At the “Trysting Tree” 125
XXIII.—St. John makes his Entry into Richmond Town 133
XXIV.—In which the Author omits describing the Races 138
XXV.—How Mr. St. John encountered a Stranger, and of what
they conversed 141
XXVI.—How the Stranger became an Historian and a Prophet 151
XXVII.—How St. John met a Friend in Williamsburg 159
XXVIII.—The Secret Agent 164
XXIX.—How a Virginia Girl wrote Verses in '74 169
XXX.—How Mr. St. John returned his Commission to Lord Dunmore
172
XXXI.—The Letter 180
XXXIL.—What happened at the “Indian Camp” 184
XXXIII.—A Sleeping Beauty 187
XXXIV.—St. John, from his House of “Flower of Hundreds,” to
his Friend, Tom Alston, at “Moorefield” 192
XXXV.—The Reply 194
XXXVI.—Blossom 196
XXXVII.—The Woof of Events 198
XXXVIII.—The Fixed Stars of Virginia 206
XXXIX.—How the Stranger's first Prophecy was fulfilled 214
XL.—How his Excellency asked the Name of the Stranger 220
XLI.—The Steps and the Base of Lord Botetourt's Statue 225
XLII.—The “Apollo Room,” in the Raleigh Tavern—Deus nobis
hœc olia fecit 229
XLIII.—In which a Chariot arrives 233
XLIV.—The Assembly at the Capitol 235
XLV.—The rival Lieutenants of the Guards 237
XLVI.—The Secretary 241
XLVII.—St. John and Lindon 245
XLVIII.—St. John goes to “Flodden” 252
XLIX.—How Captain Waters fulfilled his Mission 356
L.—The Fugitive 262
LI.—Her only Failing 266
LII.—The Combat: Red and White Roses 269
LIII.—The News reaches Vanely 277
LIV.—Two Hearts 281
LV.—Which commences the Second Portion of the History 284
LVI.—How Captain Waters plucked his Geese 292
LVII.—Some old Friends: at least the Author hopes so 299
LVIII.—The Second Warning 304
LIX.—How St. John drew his Sword and struck at a Shadow 308
LX.—Tom Alston to Henry St. John 314
LXI.—St. John tells how a Spirit entered his Room at Midnight 318
LXII.—How Mr. Alston traveled all Night, and what followed 334
LXIII.—A Broken Heart: Henry St. John to Thomas Alston 343
LXIV.—Henry St. John, Esquire, to Miss Bonnybel Vane, at
Vanely, in Prince George 344
LXV.—“How strange! I knew a Bonnybel once!” 347
LXVI.—The last Hallucination of St. John 351
LXVII.—How St. John kept his Appointment with the Stranger 354
LXVIII.—A Virginia Giant 368
LXIX.—On the Banks of Belle Rivière 371
LXX.—The Old Church of St. John's 380
LXXI.—Bonnybel's Dream 383
LXXII.—Bonnybel Vane to her Friend, Kate Effingham 387
LXXIII.—The Friends 390
LXXIV.—The Removal of the Powder 397
LXXV.—Williamsburg in Arms and Captain Waters in Ecstacies 408
LXXVI.—A Meeting of Patriots 417
LXXVII.—A Young Spy 422
LXXVIII.—General Effingham is carried off by a Chariot 424
LXXIX.—The March of the Hanoverians on Williamsburg 428
LXXX.—The Meeting at Doncastle's Ordinary 433
LXXXI.—The Robbery of the Coach of the King's Receiver General 437
LXXXII.—How Lindon left Williamsburg, and whom he conversed
with at “Agincourt” 444
LXXXIII.—A Glance at Vanely 451
LXXXIV.—Bonnybel Vane to her Friend, Kate Effingham 453
LXXXV.—Lindon Smiles 458
LXXXVI.—The Two Letters. 461
LXXXVII.—The Unraveling of the Mesh 466
LXXXVIII.—Fire and Storm 471
LXXXIX.—The End of the Drama 477
XC.—A Summer Day at “Flower of Hundreds” 485
Epilogue 488
Historical Illustrations 491