To Edwin Hutchings
My Inspiration


Contents

Prologue
I Lavinia[ 3]
II Calvin[ 6]
III David[ 12]
Book One: Spring
IV Vine Cottage[ 21]
V Judith Goes West[ 26]
VI The Trench Children[ 32]
VII Lavinia Pays a Call[ 43]
VIII Hal Marksley Intrudes[ 53]
IX News from Bromfield[ 61]
X Eileen Seeks Counsel[ 65]
XI Vicarious Living [ 76]
XII The Poem Judith Read [ 84]
XIII Eyes Turned Homeward[ 93]
XIV A Broken Axle[ 101]
XV Masked Benefaction[ 109]
XVI Coming Storm [ 120]
XVII A Place Called Bromfield[ 131]
Book Two: Summer
XVIII Sylvia[ 139]
XIX A Web in the Moonlight[ 146]
XX Red Dawn[ 153]
XXI The Cloud on the Horizon[ 158]
XXII Midsummer Magic[ 164]
XXIII Lavinia Sees the Abyss[ 173]
XXIV One Way Out[ 177]
XXV A Wedding at Vine Cottage [ 183]
XXVI The Light Within[ 193]
XXVII David’s Children[ 198]
XXVIII Indian Summer[ 205]
XXIX The Truth that is Clean[ 211]
XXX Katharsis[ 216]
XXXI A New Hilltop[ 224]
Book Three: Belated Frost
XXXII Lavinia Flounders[ 231]
XXXIII The Statue and the Bust[ 237]
XXXIV Lavinia’s Credo[ 248]
XXXV The Credo at Work[ 256]
XXXVI Consummation[ 263]
XXXVII In the “Personal” Column[ 268]
XXXVIII The Greater Love[ 274]
XXXIX Lavinia[ 282]

Prologue


I Lavinia

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