A SKETCH OF A TEMPERAMENT
By Thomas Hardy
CONTENTS
[ PREFACE ]
[ PART FIRST — A YOUNG MAN OF TWENTY. ]
[ 1. I. ] A SUPPOSITITIOUS PRESENTMENT OF HER
[ 1. II. ] THE INCARNATION IS ASSUMED TO BE TRUE
[ 1. III. ] THE APPOINTMENT
[ 1. IV. ] A LONELY PEDESTRIAN
[ 1. V. ] A CHARGE
[ 1. VI. ] ON THE BRINK
[ 1. VII. ] HER EARLIER INCARNATIONS
[ 1. VIII. ] 'TOO LIKE THE LIGHTNING’
[ 1. IX. ] FAMILIAR PHENOMENA IN THE DISTANCE
[ PART SECOND — A YOUNG MAN OF FORTY ]
[ 2. I. ] THE OLD PHANTOM BECOMES DISTINCT
[ 2. II. ] SHE DRAWS CLOSE AND SATISFIES
[ 2. III. ] SHE BECOMES AN INACCESSIBLE GHOST
[ 2. IV. ] SHE THREATENS TO RESUME CORPOREAL SUBSTANCE
[ 2. V. ] THE RESUMPTION TAKES PLACE
[ 2. VI. ] THE PAST SHINES IN THE PRESENT
[ 2. VII. ] THE NEW BECOMES ESTABLISHED
[ 2. VIII. ] HIS OWN SOUL CONFRONTS HIM
[ 2. IX. ] JUXTAPOSITIONS
[ 2. X. ] SHE FAILS TO VANISH STILL
[ 2. XI. ] THE IMAGE PERSISTS
[ 2. XII. ] A GRILLE DESCENDS BETWEEN
[ 2. XIII. ] SHE IS ENSHROUDED FROM SIGHT
[ PART THIRD — A YOUNG MAN OF SIXTY ]
[ 3. I. ] SHE RETURNS FOR THE NEW SEASON
[ 3. II. ] MISGIVINGS ON THE RE-EMBODIMENT
[ 3. III. ] THE RENEWED IMAGE BURNS ITSELF IN
[ 3. IV. ] A DASH FOR THE LAST INCARNATION
[ 3. V. ] ON THE VERGE OF POSSESSION
[ 3. VI. ] THE WELL-BELOVED IS—WHERE?
[ 3. VII. ] AN OLD TABERNACLE IN A NEW ASPECT
[ 3. VIII. ] 'ALAS FOR THIS GREY SHADOW, ONCE A MAN!’