_ILLUSTRATIONS_

  IN THE DARK ENTRANCE THERE APPEARED A FLAMING FIGURE _Frontispiece_

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  CITY MEN OUT ON ALL FOURS IN A FIELD COVERED WITHVEAL CUTLETS 16

  "I'M THE KING OF THE CASTLE" 70

  "I BRING HOMAGE TO MY KING" 104

  MAP OF THE SEAT OF WAR 190

  KING AUBERON DESCENDED FROM THE OMNIBUS WITH DIGNITY 220

  "A FINE EVENING, SIR," SAID THE CHEMIST 264

  "WAYNE, IT WAS ALL A JOKE!" 296

  BOOK I

  _THE NAPOLEON OF NOTTING HILL_