Contents
[ CHAPTER I ]
In Which Silken Ladies Ascend One Stairway, and a Lonely Wayfarer Ascends Another and Comes Face to Face with Old Friends.
[ CHAPTER II ]
In Which Rose-Leaves and Old Slippers Speed a Happy Pair; and in Which Sweet and Twenty Speaks a New and Modern Language, and Gives a Reason for Renting a Gentleman's Library.
[ CHAPTER III ]
In Which a Lonely Wayfarer Becomes Monarch of All He Surveys; and in Which One Who Might Have Been Presented as the Hero of this Tale is Forced, Through No Fault of His Own, to Take His Chances with the Rest.
[ CHAPTER IV ]
In Which a Little Bronze Boy Grins in the Dark; and in Which Mary Forgets that There is Any One Else in the House.
[ CHAPTER V ]
In Which Roger Remembers a Face and Delilah Remembers a Voice; and in Which a Poem and a Pussy Cat Play an Important Part.
[ CHAPTER VI ]
In Which Mary Brings Christmas to the Tower Rooms, and in Which Roger Declines a Privilege for Which Porter Pleads.
[ CHAPTER VII ]
In Which Aunt Frances Speaks of Matrimony as a Fixed Institution and is Met by Flaming Arguments; and in Which a Strange Voice Sings Upon the Stairs.
[ CHAPTER VIII ]
In Which Little-Lovely Leila Sees a Picture in an Unexpected Place; and in Which Perfect Faith Speaks Triumphantly Over the Telephone.
[ CHAPTER IX ]
In Which Roger Sallies Forth in the Service of a Damsel in Distress; and in Which He Meets Dragons Along the Way.
[ CHAPTER X ]
In Which a Scarlet Flower Blooms in the Garden; and in Which a Light Flares Later in the Tower.
[ CHAPTER XI ]
In Which Roger Writes a Letter; and in Which a Rose Blooms Upon the Pages of a Book.
[ CHAPTER XII ]
In Which Mary and Roger Have Their Hour; and in Which a Tea-Drinking Ends in What Might Have Been a Tragedy.
[ CHAPTER XIII ]
In Which the Whole World is at Sixes and Sevens; and in Which Life is Looked Upon as a Great Adventure.
[ CHAPTER XIV ]
In Which Mary Writes from the Tower Rooms; and in Which Roger Answers from Among the Pines.
[ CHAPTER XV ]
In Which Barry and Leila Go Over the Hills and Far Away; and in Which a March Moon Becomes a Honeymoon.
[ CHAPTER XVI ]
In Which a Long Name is Bestowed Upon a Beautiful Baby; and in Which a Letter in a Long Envelope Brings Freedom to Mary.
[ CHAPTER XVII ]
In Which an Artist Finds What All His Life He Has Been Looking For; and in Which He Speaks of a Little Saint in Red.
[ CHAPTER XVIII ]
In Which Mary Writes of the Workaday World; and in Which Roger Writes of the Dreams of a Boy.
[ CHAPTER XIX ]
In Which Porter Plants an Evil Seed Which Grows and Flourishes, and in Which Ghosts Rise and Confront Mary.
[ CHAPTER XX ]
In Which Mary Faces the Winter of Her Discontent; and in Which Delilah Sees Things in a Crystal Ball.
[ CHAPTER XXI ]
In Which a Little Lady in Black Comes to Washington to Witness the Swearing-in of a Gentleman and a Scholar.
[ CHAPTER XXII ]
In Which the Garden Begins to Bloom; and in Which Roger Dreamt.
[ CHAPTER XXIII ]
In Which Little-Lovely Leila Looks Forward to the Month of May; and in Which Barry Rides Into a Town With Narrow Streets.
[ CHAPTER XXIV ]
In Which Roger Comes Once More to the Tower Rooms; and in Which a Duel is Fought in Modern Fashion.
[ CHAPTER XXV ]
In Which Mary Bids Farewell to the Old Life, and in Which She Finds Happiness on the High Seas.
[ CHAPTER XXVI ]
In Which a Strange Craft Anchors in a Sea of Emerald Light; and in Which Mocking-Birds Sing in the Moonlight.