| CHAPTER I. | PAGE |
| The portrait of Sir Everard Digby—Genealogy—His father a literary man—His father’s book—Was Sir Everard brought up a Protestant?—At the Court of Queen Elizabeth—Persecution of Catholics—Character of Sir Everard—Gothurst—Mary Mulsho—Marriage—Knighthood | 1-14 |
| CHAPTER II. |
| Hospitality at Gothurst—Roger Lee—Sir Everard “Catholickly inclined”—Country visiting 300 years ago—An absent host—A good hostess—Wish to see a priest—Priest or sportsman?—Father Gerard—Reception of Lady Digby—Question of Underhandedness—Illness of Sir Everard—Conversion—Second Illness—Impulsiveness of Sir Everard | 15-32 |
| CHAPTER III. |
| The wrench of conversion—Position of converts at different periods—The Digbys as converts—Their chapel—Father Strange—Father Percy—Chapels in the days of persecution—Luisa de Carvajal—Oliver Manners—Pious dodges—Stolen waters—Persecution under Elizabeth | 33-48 |
| CHAPTER IV. |
| The succession to the Crown—Accession of James—The Bye Plot—Guy Fawkes—Father Watson’s revenge on the Jesuits—Question as to the faithlessness of James—Martyrdoms and persecutions—A Protestant Bishop upon them | 49-69 |
| CHAPTER V. |
| Catholics and the Court—Queen Anne of Denmark—Fears of the Catholics—Catesby—Chivalry—Tyringham—The Spanish Ambassador—Attitude of foreign Catholic powers—Indictments of Catholics—Pound’s case—Bancroft—Catesby and Garnet—Thomas Winter—William Ellis—Lord Vaux—Elizabeth, Anne, and Eleanor Vaux—Calumnies | 70-96 |
| CHAPTER VI. |
| Roger Manners—A pilgrimage—Harrowden—Catesby informs Sir Everard of the Conspiracy—Scriptural precedents—Other Gunpowder Plots—Mary Queen of Scots, Bothwell and Darnley—Pretended Jesuit approval | 97-113 |
| CHAPTER VII. |
| A Latin Book—Immoderate friendships—Principles—Second-hand approval—How Catesby deceived Garnet—He deceived his fellow-conspirators—A liar | 114-129 |
| CHAPTER VIII. |
| Garnet’s unfortunate conversation with Sir Everard—Garnet’s weakness—How Garnet first learned about the Plot—Secresy of the Confessional—Catesby and the Sacraments—Catesby a Catholic on Protestant principles—Could Garnet have saved Sir Everard?—Were the conspirators driven to desperation?—Did Cecil originate the Plot? | 130-148 |
| CHAPTER IX. |
| Financial aspects of the Gunpowder Plot—Sir Everard’s relations to his wife—Little John—Secret room at Gothurst—Persecution of Catholics in Wales—The plan of Campaign—Coughton—Guy Fawkes—His visit to Gothurst | 149-168 |
| CHAPTER X. |
| White Webbs—Baynham’s Mission—All-Hallows at Coughton—All Souls at Gothurst—An unwelcome Guest—The remains of feudalism—Start from Gothurst—Arrival at Dunchurch—What was going on in London—Tresham—The hunting-party—A card-party—Arrival of the fugitives—The discovery in London—The flight | 169-191 |
| CHAPTER XI. |
| Catesby lies to Sir Everard—Expected help from Talbot—The hunting-party repudiates the conspirators—The future Earl of Bristol—The start—Warwick—Norbrook—Alcester—Coughton—Huddington—Talbot refuses to join in the Insurrection—Father Greenway—Father Oldcorne—Whewell Grange—Shadowed—No Catholics will join the conspirators—Don Quixote | 192-218 |
| CHAPTER XII. |
| Holbeche House—Sir Everard deserts—Sir Fulke Greville—The Hue-and-Cry—Hunted—In cover—Caught—Journey to London—Confiscation—The fate of the conspirators at Holbeche—The Archpriest—Denunciations—Letter of Sir Everard—Confession | 219-236 |
| CHAPTER XIII. |
| Threats of torture—Search at Mrs Vaux’s house—Lady Digby’s letters to Salisbury—Sir Everard to his wife—Sir Everard writes to Salisbury—Death of Tresham—Poem—Examinations | 237-251 |
| CHAPTER XIV. |
| Father Gerard’s letter to Sir Everard—Sir Everard exonerates Gerard—Sir Everard’s letter to his sons | 252-267 |
| CHAPTER XV. |
| The trial—Appearance of the prisoners from different points of view—Sir Edward Philips—Sir Edward Coke—His description of the punishment for High Treason—Sir Everard’s speech—Coke’s reply—Earl of Northampton—Lord Salisbury—Sentence | 268-288 |
| CHAPTER XVI. |
| Waiting for death—Poem—Kind words for Sir Everard—The injury he did to the Catholic cause—Two happy days—Procession to the scaffold—Sir Everard’s last speech—Execution—Epilogue | 289-306 |