Walter is granted permission to leave. A visit is paid to Todd's Corner, where news of the woman in white is scarce. Concerns about Laura's groom-to-be continue to mount.
After a period of calm seas aboard the Tankadere, Phileas and Aouda arrive in Shanghai. Detective Fix is greatly affected by Phileas' kindness, evening offering to pay for his passage.
Molly and her child head for Raveloe, with the intention of revealing Godrey's secret. Silas awakens to find an uninvited guest in his home.
The tale of Louise Bentley, her marriage to John Hardy and the birth of her only child.
The regiment celebrates their first victory. As the enemy regroups and attacks a second time, Henry is overcome with fear. Henry retreats from the front line.
With no provisions available to them, the groups hungers continues to grow. Parker makes a grim suggestion.
After their extended time at sea, Maud and Hump finally reach land.
Ishmael describes the varying reactions of members of the crew to the golden coin fastened to the mainmast.
William's connection with his pupil grows, but she suddenly disappears. He questions Mdlle. Reuter about Mdlle. Henri.
Mark and Ruth find an organ. A wounded dog enters the kitchen. They meet the Bevils. Mr. Elmer is made superintendent of the Sunday School.
Eric gives a report of the invalid to Lady Muriel and the others.
Huck and Jim are joined by the duke and the dauphin.
As another year at West Point commences, Henry comes to find that being a First Classman comes with added privilege and respect.
Hilda bids Kenyon never to speak of Miriam
In order to weather the elements, Hump and Maud make use of their available materials.
Through the use of broad imagery, the author describes the effect Christmas in St. Augustine has on him. He imagines Santa Claus’s night and what the nearby trees might be thinking.
The reader is introduced to Carol Milford, a beautiful, young woman trying to find her place in the world. Fearing a mundane life, Carol turns down a suitor in order to pursue a more bohemian lifestyle.
"The Nature of Slavery." Extract from a Lecture on Slavery, at Rochester, December 1, 1850.
Pip returns home for his sister's funeral. Pip makes a pledge to a skeptical Biddy.
Mr. Gore is more severe in his treatment of the slaves than his predecessor.
Coverdale decides to leave Blithedale for the city.
The plague is sweeping the countryside, so a prince takes many friends into his castle to save them. They live grandly and have a masked ball, but Death comes to the ball and kills everyone anyway.
About the torments endured by a prisoner of the revived Spanish Inquisition.
The duke and the dauphin are exposed as frauds. The gold is discovered when the deceased Wilks is exhumed. Huck escapes back to the raft, where he is once again joined by the duke and the dauphin.