PREAMBLE

I MRS. DODGE AND MRS. CROMWELL

II A LADY ACROSS THE STREET

III PERVERSITY OF A TELEPHONE

IV A GREAT MAN’S WIFE

V ONE OF MRS. CROMWELL’S DAUGHTERS

VI SALLIE EALING

VII NAPOLEON WAS A LITTLE MAN

VIII MRS. DODGE’S ONLY DAUGHTER

IX MRS. DODGE’S HUSBAND

X LILY’S ALMOST FIRST ENGAGEMENT

XI MRS. CROMWELL’S YOUNGEST DAUGHTER

XII HER HAPPIEST HOUR

XIII HEARTBREAK

XIV MRS. DODGE’S NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOUR

XV MRS. DODGE DECLINES TO TELL

XVI MRS. LESLIE BRAITHWAITE’S HUSBAND

XVII “DOLLING”

XVIII LILY’S FRIEND ADA

XIX PARENTS IN DARKNESS

XX DAMSEL DARK, DAMSEL FAIR

XXI MRS. CROMWELL’S NIECE

XXII WALLFLOWER

XXIII THE STRANGE MIRROR

XXIV TRANSFIGURATION

XXV GLAMOUR CAN BE KEPT

XXVI DESERT SAND

XXVII MIRACULOUS ACCIDENT

XXVIII A PUBLIC MOCKERY

XXIX MRS. CROMWELL’S OLDEST DAUGHTER

XXX MRS. CROMWELL’S SONS-IN-LAW

XXXI THE ANNIVERSARY DINNER