Chapter I: Book ONE: The Discovery

I. The Letter 9

II. Legal Advice 16

III. The Way of the World 24

IV. Post Mortem on a Dead Romance 32

V. Encounter 41

VI. Dr. Zerneke 46

VII. Flowers 58

VIII. Isabel 60

IX. The Baby 72

X. Art Alone Endures 77

XI. Common Sense 81

XII. Bad Dreams 87

XIII. En Route 91

XIV. Homecoming 100

XV. Family Breakfast 106

XVI. Aubade 111

XVII. Flight 120

BOOK TWO: In Exile

I. The Prodigal 125

II. A Man Has Some Rights 136

III. An Ambassador from Vickley 143

IV. Speech to the Jury 157

V. The Older Generation 163

VI. J. J. Overbeck 169

VII. Home 176

VIII. Apron Strings 185

IX. It Was Bound to Happen 195

X. Mrs. Case 202

XI. Paradise Lost 205

XII. Out of a Job 209

XIII. The Dreamer Wakes 215