Part One: May to September 1662
Chapter One: In which a young woman encounters four men and some horses
Chapter Two: In which Sir Everard Blithman finds a treasure
Chapter Three: In which an unconventional deal is struck
Chapter Four: In which a newcomer is made to feel most unwelcome
Chapter Five: In which a new role is bestowed
Chapter Six: In which husband and new wife discourse about chocolate
Chapter Seven: In which a new wife begins a new life
Chapter Eight: In which a wife indulges in sin (in a bowl)
Chapter Nine: In which a husband hears a confession
Chapter Ten: In which a Navy clerk responds to gossip
Chapter Eleven: In which Sir Everard recruits an ally
Chapter Twelve: In which a woman’s worth is determined
Chapter Thirteen: In which Lady Harridan is introduced to Mr. Nessuno
Chapter Fourteen: In which a wife befriends a correspondent
Chapter Fifteen: In which a friend fails to live up to expectations
Chapter Sixteen: In which plans are gently foiled
Chapter Seventeen: In which the many benefits of chocolate are explained
Chapter Eighteen: In which a troubled conscience is pricked
Chapter Nineteen: In which Sir Everard stipulates the impossible is possible
Chapter Twenty: In which the Lady Rosamund is declared fit for Bedlam
Chapter Twenty-One: In which a chocolate house is opened Monday, the 15th of September, 1662
Chapter Twenty-Two: In which the present is clothed as the past
Chapter Twenty-Three: In which Nobody is actually Somebody
Part Two: Autumn 1662 to Spring 1665
Chapter Twenty-Four: In which a chocolate house is mourned
Chapter Twenty-Five: In which the devil reveals a conscience
Chapter Twenty-Six: In which a widow is propositioned
Chapter Twenty-Seven: In which a Navy clerk contemplates the passage of time
Chapter Twenty-Eight: In which restoration and anticipation rule
Chapter Twenty-Nine: In which there is a surprising homecoming
Chapter Thirty: In which the past returns with a vengeance
Chapter Thirty-One: In which Lady Rosamund becomes a woman of property
Chapter Thirty-Two: In which old wounds are made afresh
Chapter Thirty-Three: In which death rides a pale horse
Chapter Thirty-Four: In which the bells were hoarse with tolling
Chapter Thirty-Five: In which the chocolate maker’s widow provides hope in a bowl
Chapter Thirty-Six: In which death enters unbidden
Chapter Thirty-Seven: In which the Lord has mercy upon us
Chapter Thirty-Eight: In which the calamity is inexpressible
Part Four: January 1666 to September 1666
Chapter Thirty-Nine: In which voluntary exiles make their return
Chapter Forty: In which the end of days draws nigh
Chapter Forty-One: In which a threat is vanquished
Chapter Forty-Two: In which a proposal is made
Chapter Forty-Three: In which an adjournment is requested
Chapter Forty-Four: In which revenge is served warm
Chapter Forty-Five: In which a plot thickens
Chapter Forty-Six: In which a baker burns pudding on the 2nd of September, 1666
Chapter Forty-Seven: In which London burns
Chapter Forty-Eight: In which what starts in Pudding ends in Pye
Chapter Forty-Nine: In which truth rises from the ashes
Chapter Fifty: In which Lady Margery speaks
Chapter Fifty-One: In which a long-worn vizard slips
Part Five: September 1666 to March 1667
Chapter Fifty-Two: In which truth rises out of the ash of lies
Chapter Fifty-Three: In which Rosamund walks in her own shoes
Chapter Fifty-Four: In which love finds the way
Chapter Fifty-Five: In which Nobody becomes Somebody
Chapter Fifty-Six: In which a new world beckons on the 4th of March, 1667