CONTENTS

BOOK ONE
THE GOLDEN CHILD
CHAPTERPAGE
I Legs[ 11]
II Gypsies![ 29]
III The Old Paper-Mill[ 39]
IV “That Not Impossible She”[ 46]
V Bardek[ 59]
VI Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité[ 72]
VII A “French Day” at Night[ 85]
VIII “My Theory Is—”[ 98]
IX “Bong-jour”[ 110]
X Honorificabilitudinitatibus[ 123]
BOOK TWO
THE HIDDEN RIVER
XI Sixteen[ 143]
XII Mixed Rendezvous[ 152]
XIII Topic Number Four[ 165]
XIV A Morris Day[ 180]
XV The Lady of the Interruption[ 195]
BOOK THREE
THE CALL TO BE FREE
XVI Rats![ 221]
XVII An Unexpected Bingle[ 233]
XVIII A Parable of Ignorance[ 249]
XIX Tobogganing[ 261]
XX A Connoisseur of Joy[ 278]
XXI Eve’s Choice[ 292]
XXII Top-o’-the-Hill[ 302]
BOOK FOUR
CANAAN
XXIII My Lord and Eke My Master[ 323]
XXIV The Hold-up[ 331]
XXV Dago[ 339]
XXVI The Biologist and the Puritan[ 353]
XXVII Tzoo-oom![ 368]
XXVIII The Midnight Express[ 385]
XXIX “Straight! Straight! Straight! Straight!” [ 401]