THE QUEST OF THE GOLDEN GIRL

A ROMANCE

BY

RICHARD LE GALLIENNE

TO
PRIOR AND LOUISE CHRISTIAN,
WITH AFFECTION.

CONTENTS

BOOK I

CHAPTER
I. [AN OLD HOUSE AND ITS BACHELOR]
II. [IN WHICH I DECIDE TO GO ON PILGRIMAGE]
III. [AN INDICTMENT OF SPRING]
IV. [IN WHICH I EAT AND DREAM]
V. [CONCERNING THE PERFECT WOMAN, AND THEREFORE CONCERNING ALL FEMININE READERS]
VI. [IN WHICH THE AUTHOR ANTICIPATES DISCONTENT ON THE PART OF HIS READER]
VII. [PRANDIAL]
VIII. [STILL PRANDIAL]
IX. [THE LEGEND OF HEBE, OR THE HEAVENLY HOUSEMAID]
X. [AGAIN ON FOOT-THE GIRLS THAT NEVER CAN BE MINE]
XI. [AN OLD MAN OF THE HILLS, AND THE SCHOOLMASTER'S STORY]
XII. [THE TRUTH ABOUT THE GIPSIES]
XIII. [A STRANGE WEDDING]
XIV. [THE MYSTERIOUS PETTICOAT]
XV. [STILL OCCUPIED WITH THE PETTICOAT]
XVI. [CLEARS UP MY MYSTERIOUS BEHAVIOUR OF THE LAST CHAPTER]
XVII. [THE NAME UPON THE PETTICOAT]
XVIII. [IN WHICH THE NAME OF A GREAT POET IS CRIED OUT IN A SOLITARY PLACE]
XIX. [WHY THE STRANGER WOULD NOT LOSE HIS SHELLEY FOR THE WORLD]

BOOK II

I. [IN WHICH I DECIDE TO BE YOUNG AGAIN]
II. [AT THE SIGN OF THE SINGING STREAM]
III. [IN WHICH I SAVE A USEFUL LIFE]
IV. ['T IS OF NICOLETE AND HER BOWER IN THE WILDWOOD]
V. ['T IS OF AUCASSIN AND NICOLETE]
VI. [A FAIRY TALE AND ITS FAIRY TAILORS]
VII. [FROM THE MORNING STAR TO THE MOON]
VIII. [THE KIND OF THING THAT HAPPENS IN THE MOON]
IX. [WRITTEN BY MOONLIGHT]
X. [HOW ONE MAKES LOVE AT THIRTY]
XI. [HOW ONE PLAYS THE HERO AT THIRTY]
XII. [IN WHICH I REVIEW MY ACTIONS AND RENEW MY RESOLUTIONS]