CONTENTS

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FIRST PART: PARIS
I. THE LUXEMBOURG GARDENS   3
II. THE PROFITENDIEUS   9
III. BERNARD AND OLIVIER   23
IV. VINCENT AND THE COMTE DE
PASSAVANT
  32
V. VINCENT MEETS PASSAVANT AT LADY
GRIFFITH’S
  41
VI. BERNARD AWAKENS   50
VII. LILIAN AND VINCENT   54
VIII. EDOUARD AND LAURA   60
IX. EDOUARD AND OLIVIER   69
X. THE CLOAK-ROOM TICKET   73
XI. EDOUARD’S JOURNAL: GEORGE
MOLINIER
  77
XII. EDOUARD’S JOURNAL: LAURA’S
WEDDING
  86
XIII. EDOUARD’S JOURNAL: FIRST VISIT TO
LA PÉROUSE
  106
XIV. BERNARD AND LAURA   115
XV. OLIVIER VISITS THE COMTE DE
PASSAVANT
  124
XVI. VINCENT AND LILIAN   130
XVII. THE EVENING AT RAMBOUILLET   136
XVIII. EDOUARD’S JOURNAL: SECOND VISIT
TO LA PÉROUSE
  144
SECOND PART: SAAS-FÉE
I. FROM BERNARD TO OLIVIER   155
II. EDOUARD’S JOURNAL: LITTLE BORIS   160
III. EDOUARD EXPLAINS HIS THEORY
TO LA PÉROUSE
  167
IV. BERNARD AND LAURA   180
V. EDOUARD’S JOURNAL: CONVERSATION
WITH SOPHRONISKA
  189
VI. FROM OLIVIER TO BERNARD   195
VII. THE AUTHOR REVIEWS HIS
CHARACTERS
  202
THIRD PART: PARIS
I. EDOUARD’S JOURNAL: OSCAR
MOLINIER
  209
II. EDOUARD’S JOURNAL: AT THE
VEDELS’
  218
III. EDOUARD’S JOURNAL: THIRD VISIT
TO LA PÉROUSE
  228
IV. THE FIRST DAY OF THE TERM   235
V. OLIVIER MEETS BERNARD   242
VI. EDOUARD’S JOURNAL: MADAME
MOLINIER
  256
VII. OLIVIER AND ARMAND   262
VIII. THE ARGONAUTS’ DINNER   269
IX. OLIVIER AND EDOUARD   283
X. OLIVIER’S CONVALESCENCE   289
XI. EDOUARD’S JOURNAL: PAULINE   294
XII. EDOUARD AND THEN STROUVILHOU
VISIT PASSAVANT
  299
XIII. EDOUARD’S JOURNAL: DOUVIERS
PROFITENDIEU
  310
XIV. BERNARD AND THE ANGEL   319
XV. BERNARD VISITS EDOUARD   325
XVI. EDOUARD WARNS GEORGE   329
XVII. ARMAND AND OLIVIER   340
XVIII. THE STRONG MEN   350
XIX. BORIS   359
XX. EDOUARD’S JOURNAL   363