Chapter I: Prologue: The Pavilion of the Island 1

CHAPTER

I. CHRISTINE THE CHILD 11

II. THE QUEST OF THE WOMAN 16

III. ANDREA FINDS CHRISTINE 23

IV. THE WORD IS SPOKEN 42

V. A WEDDING JOURNEY 50

VI. IN THE HUT OF ORIO 62

VII. CHRISTINE AWAKES 74

VIII. A MAN OF THE MOUNTAINS 82

IX. THE WHITE ROOM 88

X. COUNT PAUL AT HOME 104

XI. ANDREA BEARS WITNESS 114

XII. ANDREA PUTS THE QUESTION 125

XIII. “IF THE MAN LIVES” 130

XIV. THE WHIRLING FIRE 138

XV. THE APPARITION IN THE CLOISTERS 147

XVI. THE SECOND COMING OF UGO KLUN 166

XVII. ANDREA LEAVES JÉZERO 187

XVIII. “LE MONDE EST LE LIVRE DES FEMMES” 200

XIX. ANDREA GOES AN ERRAND 210

XX. LA PROVA 216

XXI. “ZOL” 232

XXII. THE MORNING OF THE DAY 238

XXIII. THE BEGINNING OF THE NIGHT 254

XXIV. “JOSEPH” 263

XXV. THE END OF THE STORY 278

CHRISTINE OF THE HILLS