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CONTENTS

BOOK I
THREE AGAINST THE WORLD
CHAPTERPAGE
I. Sparrow Hall[9]
II. Shovelstrode[20]
III. In the Rain[31]
IV. Fate's Afterthought[40]
V. The Hero[53]
VI. Thick Woods[63]
VII. Over the Gates of Paradise[75]
VIII. Brambletye[86]
IX. Some People Are Happy—In Different Ways[97]
X. Tony Backs an Outsider[109]
XI. Disillusion at Sixteen[122]
XII. Children Dancing in the Dusk[135]
XIII. Keeping Christmas[145]
XIV. Woods at Dawn[161]
XV. The Sermon on Forgiveness[173]
BOOK II
THE WORLD AGAINST THE THREE
CHAPTERPAGE
I. Glimpses and Dreams[187]
II. The Letter That Did Not Come[201]
III. Only a Boy[213]
IV. Flames[228]
V. Cowsanish[237]
VI. And I Also Dreamed[252]
VII. Woods at Night[259]
VIII. Vigil[268]
IX. And You Also Said[280]
X. A Toast[300]

BOOK I

THREE AGAINST THE WORLD