Contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Epigraph

Part I

The Little Words of the Rich

Page Four

The Little French Figure

Under Music

Becoming the Stranger

Lifting the Lid

The Little Nest Itself

Keep him Guessing

Mrs. Callingham Lying Down

The Press

An Orchid to Mr. Orphen

The Dream

The Glaenzers’ Effie

Salt Over Left Shoulder

Part II

So Goodbye, Mr. Orphen

’Twixt Truss and Bras

Announcement in Publishers Weekly

From a Letter to MacTweed and Company

I Remember

Long Distance

Family Dinner

The Trousseau

The Paper Dolls

The Erlking

Part III

To a Wild Rose

You Will Meet at a Place of Amusement

The Blue Hours

The Night Thoughts

The Negative

Marian’s Trousseau

Part IV

The Gypsy Camp

The Hunter Returned

From the World-Herald

Out of The Dream

Baby’s Birthday Party

Some Fine Day I’ll Have to Pay

Reader’s Guide