XXIX INTERLUDE AT MIDNIGHT 207 XXX FATHERS AND DAUGHTERS 210 XXXI MORE OR LESS THEATRICAL 215 XXXII DUTY 224 XXXIII A PARABLE 231 XXXIV JOURNEYS 235 XXXV CIVILIZATION 244 XXXVI “WE NEEDS MUST KNOW THAT IN THE DAYS TO COME” 247 XXXVII SYMBOLS 249 XXXVIII THE PORTRAIT OF FELIX FAY 254 XXXIX A DATE ON THE CALENDAR 259 XL CELEBRATION 264 BOOK FIVE: GARFIELD BOULEVARD XLI CHANGES 271 XLII AN APPARITION 275 XLIII NOCTURNE 280 XLIV AUBADE 292 XLV FOURSOME 297 XLVI THE REHEARSAL 307 XLVII GYGE’S RING 312 XLVIII DREAM-TRYST 317 XLIX A MATTER OF CONVENTION 322 L BABES IN THE WOOD 330 LI “BIENFAITS DE LA LUNE” 334 LII SLEEPLESS NIGHTS 341 LIII TWO LETTERS 348 LIV THE GOD AND THE PEDESTAL 353 BOOK SIX: WILSON AVENUE LV THE CONSOLATIONS OF PHILOSOPHY 363 LVI EULENSPIEGEL 371 LVII THREE DAYS 380 LVIII RENDEZVOUS 385 LIX UNANSWERED QUESTIONS 394 LX A LEAVE-TAKING 397 LXI TWO MEN DISCUSS A GIRL 401 LXII THEORY AND PRACTICE 408 LXIII IN PLAY 416 LXIV IN EARNEST 422 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Book One Community House ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I. Felix Decides to Change His Character 1 CHICAGO! Felix Fay saw with his mind’s eye the map on the wall of the railway station—the map with a picture of iron roads from all over the middle west centering in a dark blotch in the corner. He was sitting at a desk in the office of the Port Royal Daily Record, writing headings on sheaves of items sent in by country correspondents. _John Hoffman has finished his new barn._ _Born to Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Hayes last Wednesday a fine ten pound boy._ _Miss Edythe Brush has returned to the State Normal for the fall term._ And so on. Felix wrote at the top of the page, _Wheaton Whittlings_. A rotten heading—but it would have to do. He yawned, and then stared unseeingly at the next page. He was not thinking about those news-items. He was thinking about Chicago.... A year ago, he had determined to leave Port Royal forever—and go to Chicago. But here he was, still! 2