| [PART I] | |
| CHAP. | | PAGE |
| I. | THE DINNER AT MADAME PILOU’S | [3] |
| II. | A PARTIAL CONFESSION | [22] |
| III. | A SUPPLEMENT TO THE CONFESSION | [34] |
| IV. | THE SIN OF NARCISSUS | [48] |
| V. | AN INVITATION | [63] |
| VI. | THE GRECIAN PROTOTYPE | [72] |
| VII. | THE MERCHANTS OF DAMASCUS AND DAN | [77] |
| VIII. | ‘RITE DE PASSAGE’ | [84] |
| IX. | AT THE HÔTEL DE RAMBOUILLET | [94] |
| X. | AFTERWARDS | [115] |
| XI. | REBUILDING THE HOUSE OF CARDS | [122] |
| [PART II] | |
| XII. | THE FÊTE-DIEU | [129] |
| XIII. | ROBERT PILOU’S SCREEN | [133] |
| XIV. | A DEMONSTRATION IN FAITH | [141] |
| XV. | MOLOCH | [148] |
| XVI. | A VISIT TO THE ABBAYE OF PORT-ROYAL | [154] |
| XVII. | ‘HYLAS, THE MOCKING SHEPHERD’ | [166] |
| XVIII. | A DISAPPOINTMENT | [171] |
| XIX. | THE PLEASURES OF DESPAIR | [178] |
| XX. | FRESH HOPE | [185] |
| [PART III] | |
| XXI. | ‘WHAT IS CARTESIANISM?’ | [191] |
| XXII. | BEES-WAX | [195] |
| XXIII. | MADEMOISELLE DE SCUDÉRY’S SATURDAY | [200] |
| XXIV. | SELF-IMPOSED SLAVERY | [216] |
| XXV. | THE SYMMETRY OF THE COMIC MUSE | [219] |
| XXVI. | BERTHE’S STORY | [224] |
| XXVII. | THE CHRISTIAN VENUS | [231] |
| XXVIII. | THE ASCENT OF MOUNT CARMEL | [ 237] |
| XXIX. | THE BODY OF THE DRAGON | [243] |
| XXX. | A JAR | [244] |
| XXXI. | THE END OF THE ‘ROMAN’ | [248] |
| XXXII. | ‘UN CADEAU’ | [255] |
| XXXIII. | FACE TO FACE WITH FACTS | [267] |
| XXXIV. | OUT INTO THE VOID | [273] |
| EPILOGUE. | THE RAPE TO THE LOVE OF INVISIBLE THINGS | [275] |