CONTENTS

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Prologue—December, 1900[1]
BOOK I
Clare—June, 1903-April, 1907[15]
BOOK II
Mrs. Hammond—January, 1914-September, 1915[97]
BOOK III
Connie—September, 1915-February, 1916[171]
BOOK IV
Delia—March, 1919-January, 1920[235]
BOOK V
Muriel—August, 1920[289]

PROLOGUE
December, 1900


THE CROWDED STREET