II. BITTERSWEET 20 III. FEARS AND FANTASIES 39 IV. UNENDING CHILDHOOD 46 V. THE FIRST FAIRY PRINCESS 70 VI. THE ENCHANTED PALACE 85 VII. RANDELL HOUSE 97 VIII. SIAMESE STAMPS 113 IX. HOLIDAYS IN FRANCE 129 _BOOK TWO: Classic Education_ I. THE JACOBEAN 141 II. THE QUADRUPLE INTRIGUE 159 III. PASTORAL 176 IV. BOYHOOD’S GLORY 188 V. INCENSE 208 VI. PAX 232 VII. CLOVEN HOOFMARKS 248 VIII. MIRRORS 262 IX. THE YELLOW AGE 281 X. STELLA 308 XI. ACTION AND REACTION 321 XII. ALAN 346 XIII. SENTIMENT 355 XIV. ARABESQUE 378 XV. GREY EYES 397 XVI. BLUE EYES 416 XVII. LILY 427 XVIII. EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD 447 XIX. PARENTS 469 XX. MUSIC 479 BOOK ONE THE PRISON HOUSE _“What youth, Goddess—what guest_ _Of Gods or mortals?”_ Matthew Arnold. _“Slow on your dials the shadows creep,_ _So many hours for food and sleep,_ _So many hours till study tire,_ _So many hours for heart’s desire.”_ Robert Bridges. Chapter I: _The New World_