BOOK III

A SUITABLE MARRIAGE

XVIIITwo Sides to the Question[193]
XIXLydia’s New Motto[207]
XXAn Evening’s Entertainment[215]
XXIAn Element of Solidity[226]
XXIIThe Voices in the Wood[233]
XXIIIFor Ariadne’s Sake[244]
XXIV“Through Pity and Terror Effecting a Purification of the Heart”[261]
XXVA Black Milestone[270]
XXVIA Hint from Childhood[277]
XXVIILydia Reaches Her Goal and has Her Talk with Her Husband[289]
XXVIII“the American Man”[307]
XXIX“... in Tragic Life, God Wot,
No Villain Need Be. Passions Spin the Plot.”
[318]
XXXTribute to the Minotaur[327]

BOOK IV

BUT IT’S NOT TOO LATE FOR ARIADNE

XXXIProtection from the Minotaur[337]
XXXIIAs Ariadne Saw it[342]
XXXIIIWhat is Best for the Children?[351]
XXXIVThrough the Long Night[359]
XXXVThe Swaying Balance[365]
XXXVIAnother Day Begins[369]

ILLUSTRATIONS

Paul stood by her, looking down into her eyes, bending over her, smiling, pressing, confident, masterful (page 96)[Frontispiece]
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“You say beautiful things!” he replied quietly. “My rough quarters are glorified for me.”[68]
“No, no; I can't—see him—I can't see him any more—”[136]
“I see everything now,” she went on. “He could not stop”[272]