CONTENTS

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[I.][PRELUDE][3]
[II.][INTERLUDE][23]
[PARTONE]
[III.][OLD MR. WELLES AND YOUNG MR.MARSH][29]
[IV.][TABLE TALK][48]
[V.][A LITTLE GIRL AND HER MOTHER][64]
[VI.][THINGS TAKE THEIR COURSE][80]
[VII.][THE NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS][91]
[VIII.][WHAT GOES ON INSIDE][115]
[IX.][THE GENT AROUND THE LADY][130]
[X.][AT THE MILL][151]
[PARTTWO]
[XI.][IN AUNT HETTY'S GARDEN][179]
[XII.][HEARD FROM THE STUDY][199]
[XIII.][ALONG THE EAGLE ROCK BROOK][215]
[XIV.][BESIDE THE ONION-BED][224]
[XV.][HOME-LIFE][241]
[XVI.][MASSAGE-CREAM; THEME ANDVARIATIONS][256]
[XVII.][THE SOUL OF NELLY POWERS][266]
[PARTTHREE]
[XVIII.][BEFORE THE DAWN][279]
[XIX.][MR. WELLES LIGHTS THE FUSE][285]
[XX.][A PRIMAEVAL HERITAGE][294]
[XXI.][THE COUNSEL OF THE STARS][302]
[XXII.][EUGENIA DOES WHAT SHE CAN][309]
[XXIII.][MARISE LOOKS DOWN ON THESTARS][323]
[PARTFOUR]
[XXIV.][NEALE'S RETURN][331]
[XXV.][MARISE'S COMING-OF-AGE][338]
[XXVI.][MARISE LOOKS AND SEES WHAT ISTHERE][360]
[XXVII.][THE FALL OF THE BIG PINE][367]
[XXVIII.][TWO GOOD-BYES][380]
[XXIX.][VIGNETTES FROM HOME-LIFE][390]