Contents
preamble
chapter one: a conference ends
chapter two: a dinner in amsterdam
chapter three: scottish air on a barrel-organ
chapter four: maastricht and valkenburg
chapter five: a dinner in north norfolk
chapter six: aftermath of a dinner party
chapter seven: disappearance of an heir
chapter eight: concern about the dispossessed
chapter nine: speculation about a troglodyte
chapter ten: maastricht and valkenburg revisited
chapter eleven: laura the sleuth
chapter twelve: towards kinderscout
chapter thirteen: eldon hole
chapter fourteen: no stone unturned
chapter fifteen: gavin reports
chapter sixteen: a delft blue at bay
chapter seventeen: dinner with bernardo
chapter eighteen: the she-bear defends her grand-cub
chapter nineteen: analysis of three reactions
chapter twenty: north norfolk again
chapter twenty-one: pursuit of a delft blue
chapter twenty-two: death of a delft blue