WARNING
Most of the characters in this book are unreal—and that is particularly true of the author.... Few of the events recorded here ever took place—exactly.... Even the time is somewhat out of joint, so purists are advised not to bother to compare the meteorology with the obituaries.... I never had (for instance) an elder sister named Georgianna, that I know of.... The difference between what is Real (or Truth) and what is Illusion (or Fiction) is left to such judgment as the reader may own—just as it is in all the other experiences of life.
P.W.
[PART ONE]: Scherzo, 3
[PART TWO]: Tarantella, 79
[PART THREE]: Andante, 124
[PART FOUR]: Rondo 225
[PART FIVE]: Coda, 361
Opus 21
Scherzo