BOOK I. CHAPTER PAGE I. FAIR, YOUNG CAPABLE HANDS, 3 II. A MASS OF SELFISHNESS, 13 III. RUSTLING LEAVES OF MEMORY, 18 IV. BACK AT A NEW DOOR OF LIFE, 24 V. QUENCHLESS STARS ELOQUENT, 34 VI. EYES, BLUE AS HIS STAR, 40 VII. NEW ROADS UNFOLDING, 50 VIII. WARM HEART, SUPERFLUOUS WISDOM, 56 IX. HEALING HERBS, WARNING TEXTS, 66 X. COMPACT AND ACCEPTANCE, 73 XI. LAYING THE GHOSTS, 83 XII. A KINDLY EPICURE, 92 BOOK II. I. MIDSUMMER SUNRISE, 105 II. _EUPHROSINE_, STAR-OF-COMFORT, 109 III. A QUEEN OF CURDS AND CREAM, 120 IV. OPEN-EYED CONSPIRACY, 127 V. EVIL PROMPTER, JEALOUSY, 138 VI. THE PERFECT ROSE, DROOPING, 150 VII. NODS AND WREATHÉD SMILES, 157 VIII. A GREY GOWN AND RED ROSES, 164 IX. A RIDER INTO BATH, 174 BOOK III. I. THE LITTLE MASTER OF BINDON, 181 II. TOTTERING LIFE AND FORTUNE, 188 III. STRAWS ON THE WIND, 195 IV. A SHOCK AND A REVELATION, 200 V. SILENT NIGHT THE REFUGE, 207 VI. THE LUST OF RENUNCIATION, 215 VII. SHADOWS OF THE HEART OF YOUTH, 224 VIII. THE HERB EUPHROSINE, 232 IX. AN OMINOUS JINGLE, 239 X. A VAGUE DESPERATE SCHEME, 245 XI. A PARLOUR OF PERFUME, 252 XII. TO SLEEP—PERCHANCE TO DREAM! 262 XIII. THOU CANST NOT SAY I DID IT, 274 XIV. JEALOUS WATCHERS OF THE NIGHT, 285 XV. A SIMPLER’S EUTHANASIA, 294 XVI. THE TIME IS OUT OF JOINT, 297 XVII. TREACHERIES OF SILENCE, 311 XVIII. GONE LIKE A DREAM, 319 XIX. GREY DEPARTURE, 331 BOOK IV. I. AH ME, THE MIGHT-HAVE-BEEN! 341 II. A MESSENGER OF GLAD TIDINGS, 350 III. NOT WORDS, BUT HANDS MEETING, 359 IV. A DREAM OF WOODS AND OF LOVE, 367