| BOOK ONE—THE BRIDE |
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| CHAPTER | | PAGE |
| [I.] | A Dance on Staten Island in 1890 | [3] |
| [II.] | A Vincelle in His Natural Habitat | [15] |
| [III.] | Gilbert Goes A-wooing | [26] |
| [IV.] | Claudine’s Peculiar Mother | [37] |
| [V.] | Claudine Learns to Adapt Herself | [49] |
| [VI.] | The Keynote | [59] |
| [VII.] | The Hedge Which Grew So Fast | [73] |
| [VIII.] | A Year Later | [88] |
| BOOK TWO—THE BREATH OF LIFE |
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| [I.] | After Twenty Years | [97] |
| [II.] | The Forsaken Provider | [110] |
| [III.] | The Suitor with Credentials | [122] |
| [IV.] | The Unabashed Outcast | [132] |
| [V.] | The Breath of Life | [143] |
| [VI.] | The Unlawful Picnic | [155] |
| [VII.] | Stephens Explains Himself | [170] |
| [VIII.] | The Thing is on Them | [181] |
| [IX.] | Bertie | [196] |
| BOOK THREE—THE CUP IS OFFERED |
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| [I.] | Andrée’s Recital | [211] |
| [II.] | The Bitter Triumph | [222] |
| [III.] | Andrée’s Wedding | [229] |
| [IV.] | The Beginning | [241] |
| [V.] | The Housewarming | [252] |
| [VI.] | Discords | [264] |
| [VII.] | The Pastry-Cook’s Daughter | [273] |
| [VIII.] | Mutiny | [284] |
| [IX.] | Home Again | [299] |
| [X.] | Destiny Intervenes | [311] |
| Epilogue | [322] |