A Wife Waits 97 VII. After the Fair 98 The Dark-eyed Gentleman 100 To Carrey Clavel 102 The Orphaned Old Maid 103 The Spring Call 104 Julie-Jane 106 News for Her Mother 108 The Fiddler 110 The Husband’s View 111 Rose-Ann 113 The Homecoming 115 PIECES OCCASIONAL AND VARIOUS— A Church Romance 121 The Rash Bride 122 The Dead Quire 128 The Christening 135 A Dream Question 137 By the Barrows 139 A Wife and Another 140 The Roman Road 144 The Vampirine Fair 145 The Reminder 150 The Rambler 151 Night in the Old Home 152 After the Last Breath 154 In Childbed 156 The Pine Planters 158 The Dear 161 One We Knew 163 She Hears the Storm 166 A Wet Night 167 Before Life and After 168 New Year’s Eve 169 God’s Education 171 To Sincerity 172 Panthera 173 The Unborn 184 The Man He Killed 186 Geographical Knowledge 187 One Ralph Blossom Soliloquizes 189 The Noble Lady’s Tale 191 Unrealized 201 Wagtail and Baby 203 Aberdeen: 1905 204 George Meredith, 1828–1909 205 Yell’ham-wood’s Story 207 A Young Man’s Epigram on 208 Existence TIME’S LAUGHINGSTOCKS THE REVISITATION