63. The Assembled Quire
797Scene VI Shockerwick House, Near Bath
74. Going the Rounds
798Scene VII Paris. A Street Leading To The Tuileries
85. The Listeners
799Scene VIII Putney. Bowling Green House
96. Christmas Morning
800Characters
107. The Tranter’s Party
801Act First
118. They Dance More Wildly
802Scene I London. Fox’s Lodgings, Arlington Street
129. Dick Calls at the School
803Scene II The Route Between London And Paris
131. Passing by the School
804Scene III The Streets Of Berlin
142. A Meeting of the Quire
805Scene IV The Field Of Jena
153. A Turn in the Discussion
806Scene V Berlin. A Room Overlooking A Public Place
164. The Interview with the Vicar
807Scene VI The Same
175. Returning Home Ward
808Scene VII Tilsit And The River Niemen
186. Yalbury Wood and the Keeper’s House
809Scene VIII The Same
197. Dick Makes Himself Useful
810Act Second
208. Dick Meets His Father
811Scene I The Pyrenees And Valleys Adjoining
211. Driving Out of Budmouth
812Scene II Aranjuez, Near Madrid. A Room In The Palace Of Godoy, The “Prince Of Peace”
222. Further Along the Road
813Scene III London: The Marchioness Of Salisbury’s
233. A Confession
814Scene IV Madrid And Its Environs
244. An Arrangement
815Scene V The Open Sea Between The English Coasts And The Spanish Peninsula
251. Going Nutting
816Scene VI St. Cloud. The Boudoir Of Josephine
262. Honey-Taking, and Afterwards
817Scene VII Vimiero
273. Fancy in the Rain
818Act Third
284. The Spell
819Scene I Spain. A Road Near Astorga
295. After Gaining Her Point
820Scene II The Same
306. Into Temptation
821Scene III Before Coruna
317. Second Thoughts
822Scene IV Coruna. Near The Ramparts
321. ‘The Knot There’s No Untying’
823Scene V Vienna. A Cafe In The Stephans-platz
33Preface
824Act Fourth
341. Description of Farmer Oak — An Incident
825Scene I A Road Out Of Vienna
352. Night — The Flock — An Interior — Another Interior
826Scene II The Island Of Lobau, With Wagram Beyond
363. A Girl on Horseback — Conversation
827Scene III The Field Of Wagram
374. Gabriel’s Resolve — The Visit — The Mistake
828Scene IV The Field Of Talavera
385. Departure of Bathsheba — A Pastoral Tragedy
829Scene V The Same
396. The Fair — The Journey — The Fire
830Scene VI Brighton. The Royal Pavilion
407. Recognition — A Timid Girl
831Scene VII The Same. The Assembly Rooms
418. The Malthouse — The Chat — News
832Scene VIII Walcheren
429. The Homestead — A Visitor — Half-confidences
833Act Fifth
4310. Mistress and Men
834Scene I Paris. A Ballroom In The House Of Cambaceres
4411. Outside the Barracks — Snow — A Meeting
835Scene II Paris. The Tuileries
4512. Farmers — A Rule — In Exception
836Scene III Vienna. A Private Apartment In The Imperial Palace
4613. Sortes Sanctorum — The Valentine
837Scene IV London. A Club In St. James’s Street
4714. Effect of the Letter — Sunrise
838Scene V The Old West Highway Out Of Vienna
4815. A Morning Meeting — The Letter Again
839Scene VI Courcelles
4916. All Saints’ and All Souls’
840Scene VII Petersburg. The Palace Of The Empress-mother
5017. In the Market-place
841Scene VIII Paris. The Grand Gallery Of The Louvre And The Salon-carre Adjoining
5118. Boldwood in Meditation — Regret
842Act Sixth
5219. The Sheep-washing — The Offer
843Scene I The Lines Of Torres Vedras
5320. Perplexity — Grinding the Shears — A Quarrel
844Scene II The Same. Outside The Lines
5421. Troubles in the Fold — A Message
845Scene III Paris. The Tuileries
5522. The Great Barn and the Sheep-shearers
846Scene IV Spain. Albuera
5623. Eventide — A Second Declaration
847Scene V Windsor Castle. A Room In The King’s Apartment
5724. The Same Night — The Fir Plantation
848Scene VI London. Carlton House And The Streets Adjoining
5825. The New Acquaintance Described
849Scene VII The Same. The Interior Of Carlton House
5926. Scene on the Verge of the Hay-mead
850Characters
6027. Hiving the Bees
851Act First
6128. The Hollow Amid the Ferns
852Scene I The Banks Of The Niemen, Near Kowno
6229. Particulars of a Twilight Walk
853Scene II The Ford Of Santa Marta, Salamanca
6330. Hot Cheeks and Tearful Eyes
854Scene III The Field Of Salamanca
6431. Blame — Fury
855Scene IV The Field Of Borodino
6532. Night — Horses Tramping
856Scene V The Same
6633. In the Sun — A Harbinger
857Scene VI Moscow
6734. Home Again — A Trickster
858Scene VII The Same. Outside The City
6835. At an Upper Window
859Scene VIII The Same. The Interior Of The Kremlin
6936. Wealth in Jeopardy — The Revel
860Scene IX The Road From Smolensko Into Lithuania
7037. The Storm — The Two Together
861Scene X The Bridge Of The Beresina
7138. Rain — One Solitary Meets Another
862Scene XI The Open Country Between Smorgoni And Wilna
7239. Coming Home — A Cry
863Scene XII Paris. The Tuileries
7340. On Casterbridge Highway
864Act Second
7441. Suspicion — Fanny is Sent for
865Scene I The Plain Of Vitoria
7542. Joseph and his Burden
866Scene II The Same, From The Puebla Heights
7643. Fanny’s Revenge
867Scene III The Same. The Road From The Town
7744. Under a Tree — Reaction
868Scene IV A Fete At Vauxhall
7845. Troy’s Romanticism
869Act Third
7946. The Gurgoyle: Its Doings
870Scene I Leipzig. Napoleon’s Quarters In The Reudnitz Suburb
8047. Adventures by the Shore
871Scene II The Same. The City And The Battlefield
8148. Doubts Arise — Doubts Linger
872Scene III The Same, From The Tower Of The Pleissenburg
8249. Oak’s Advancement — A Great Hope
873Scene IV The Same. At The Thonberg Windmill
8350. The Sheep Fair — Troy touches his wife’s hand
874Scene V The Same. A Street Near The Ranstadt Gate
8451. Bathsheba talks with her outrider
875Scene VI The Pyrenees. Near The River Nivelle
8552. Converging Courses
876Act Fourth
8653. Concurritur — Horae Momento
877Scene I The Upper Rhine
8754. After the Shock
878Scene II Paris. The Tuileries
8855. The March Following — “Bathsheba Boldwood”
879Scene III The Same. The Apartments Of The Empress
8956. Beauty in Loneliness — After All
880Scene IV Fontainebleau. A Room In The Palace
90A Foggy Night and Morning — Conclusion
881Scene V Bayonne. The British Camp
91Preface
882Scene VI A Highway In The Outskirts Of Avignon
921. A Face on Which Time Makes but Little Impression
883Scene VII Malmaison. The Empress Josephine’s Bedchamber
932. Humanity Appears upon the Scene, Hand in Hand with Trouble
884Scene VIII London. The Opera House
943. The Custom of the Country
885Act Fifth
954. The Halt on the Turnpike Road
886Scene I Elba. The Quay, Porto Ferrajo
965. Perplexity among Honest People
887Scene II Vienna. The Imperial Palace
976. The Figure against the Sky
888Scene III La Mure, Near Grenoble
987. Queen of Night
889Scene IV Schonbrunn
998. Those Who Are Found Where There Is Said to Be Nobody
890Scene V London. The Old House Of Commons
1009. Love Leads a Shrewd Man into Strategy
891Scene VI Wessex. Durnover Green, Casterbridge
10110. A Desperate Attempt at Persuasion
892Act Sixth
10211. The Dishonesty of an Honest Woman
893Scene I The Belgian Frontier
1031. Tidings of the Comer
894Scene II A Ballroom In Brussels22
1042. The People at Blooms-End Make Ready
895Scene III Charleroi. Napoleon’s Quarters
1053. How a Little Sound Produced a Great Dream
896Scene IV A Chamber Overlooking A Main Street In Brussels
1064. Eustacia Is Led on to an Adventure
897Scene V The Field Of Ligny
1075. Through the Moonlight
898Scene VI The Field At Quatre-bras
1086. The Two Stand Face to Face
899Scene VII Brussels. The Place Royale
1097. A Coalition between Beauty and Oddness
900Scene VIII The Road To Waterloo
1108. Firmness Is Discovered in a Gentle Heart
901Act Seventh
1111. “My Mind to Me a Kingdom Is”
902Scene I The Field Of Waterloo
1122. The New Course Causes Disappointment
903Scene II The Same. The French Position
1133. The First Act in a Timeworn Drama
904Scene III Saint Lambert’s Chapel Hill
1144. An Hour of Bliss and Many Hours of Sadness
905Scene IV The Field Of Waterloo. The English Position
1155. Sharp Words Are Spoken, and a Crisis Ensues
906Scene V The Same. The Women’s Camp Near Mont Saint-jean
1166. Yeobright Goes, and the Breach Is Complete
907Scene VI The Same. The French Position
1177. The Morning and the Evening of a Day
908Scene VII The Same. The English Position
1188. A New Force Disturbs the Current
909Scene VIII The Same. Later
1191. The Rencounter by the Pool
910Scene IX The Wood Of Bossu
1202. He Is Set upon by Adversities but He Sings a Song
911After Scene
1213. She Goes Out to Battle against Depression
912Preface to Wessex Poems
1224. Rough Coercion Is Employed
913The Temporary The All
1235. The Journey across the Heath
914Amabel
1246. A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the Pedestrian
915Hap
1257. The Tragic Meeting of Two Old Friends
916“In Vision I Roamed”
1268. Eustacia Hears of Good Fortune, and Beholds Evil
917At a Bridal
1271. “Wherefore Is Light Given to Him That Is in Misery”
918Postponement
1282. A Lurid Light Breaks in upon a Darkened Understanding
919A Confession to a Friend in Trouble
1293. Eustacia Dresses Herself on a Black Morning
920Neutral Tones
1304. The Ministrations of a Half-forgotten One
921She
1315. An Old Move Inadvertently Repeated
922Her Initials
1326. Thomasin Argues with Her Cousin, and He Writes a Letter
923HER DILEMMA
1337. The Night of the Sixth of November
924Revulsion
1348. Rain, Darkness, and Anxious Wanderers
925She, To Him I
1359. Sights and Sounds Draw the Wanderers Together
926She, To Him II
1361. The Inevitable Movement Onward
927She, To Him III
1372. Thomasin Walks in a Green Place by the Roman Road
928She, To Him IV
1383. The Serious Discourse of Clym with His Cousin
929Ditty
1394. Cheerfulness Again Asserts Itself at Blooms-End, and Clym Finds His Vocation
930THE SERGEANT’S SONG
140Chapter 1.
931Valenciennes
141Chapter 2.
932San Sebastian
142Chapter 3.
933The Stranger’s Song
143Chapter 4.
934The Burghers
144Chapter 5.
935Leipzig
145Chapter 6.
936The Peasant’s Confession
146Chapter 7.
937The Alarm
147Chapter 8.
938Her Death and After
148Chapter 9.
939The Dance at the Phœnix
149Chapter 10.
940The Casterbridge Captains
150Chapter 11.
941A Sign-Seeker
151Chapter 12.
942My Cicely
152Chapter 13.
943Her Immortality
153Chapter 14.
944The Ivy-Wife
154Chapter 15.
945A Meeting with Despair
155Chapter 16.
946Unknowing
156Chapter 17.
947Friends Beyond
157Chapter 18.
948To Outer Nature
158Chapter 19.
949Thoughts of Phena
159Chapter 20.
950Middle-Age Enthusiasms
160Chapter 21.
951In a Wood
161Chapter 22.
952To a Lady
162Chapter 23.
953To an Orphan Child
163Chapter 24.
954Nature’s Questioning
164Chapter 25.
955The Impercipient
165Chapter 26.
956At an Inn
166Chapter 27.
957The Slow Nature
167Chapter 28.
958In a Eweleaze Near Weatherbury
168Chapter 29.
959The Fire at Tranter Sweatley’s
169Chapter 30.
960Heiress and Architect
170Chapter 31.
961The Two Men
171Chapter 32.
962Lines
172Chapter 33.
963“I Look Into My Glass”
173Chapter 34.
964V.R. 1819–1901
174Chapter 35.
965Embarcation
175Chapter 36.
966Departure
176Chapter 37.
967The Colonel’s Soliloquy
177Chapter 38.
968The Going of the Battery
178Chapter 39.
969At the War Office
179Chapter 40.
970A Christmas Ghost-Story
180Chapter 41.
971The Dead Drummer
181Chapter 42.
972A Wife in London
182Chapter 43.
973The Souls of the Slain
183Chapter 44.
974Song of the Soldiers’ Wives
184Chapter I.
975The Sick God
185Chapter II.
976Genoa and the Mediterranean
186Chapter III.
977Shelley’s Skylark
187Chapter IV.
978In the Old Theatre, Fiesole
188Chapter V.
979Rome: On the Palatine
189Chapter VI.
980Rome Building a New Street in the Ancient Quarter
190Chapter VII.
981Rome The Vatican—Sala Delle Muse
191Chapter VIII.
982Rome At the Pyramid of Cestius
192Chapter IX.
983Lausanne: In Gibbon’s Old Garden
193Chapter X.
984Zermatt To the Matterhorn
194Chapter XI.
985The Bridge of Lodi2
195Chapter XII.
986On an Invitation to the United States
196Chapter XIII.
987The Mother Mourns
197Chapter XIV.
988“I Said to Love”
198Chapter XV.
989A Commonplace Day
199Chapter XVI.
990At a Lunar Eclipse
200Chapter XVII.
991The Lacking Sense
201Chapter XVIII.
992To Life
202Chapter XIX.
993Doom and She
203Chapter XX.
994The Problem
204Chapter XXI.
995The Subalterns
205Chapter XXII.
996The Sleep-Worker
206Chapter XXIII.
997The Bullfinches
207Chapter XXIV.
998God-Forgotten
208Chapter XXV.
999The Bedridden Peasant To an Unknowing God
209Chapter XXVI.
1000By the Earth’s Corpse
210Chapter XXVII.
1001Mute Opinion
211Chapter XXVIII.
1002To an Unborn Pauper Child
212Chapter XXIX.
1003To Flowers from Italy in Winter
213Chapter XXX.
1004On a Fine Morning
214Chapter XXXI.
1005To Lizbie Browne
215Chapter XXXII.
1006Song of Hope
216Chapter XXXIII.
1007The Well-Beloved
217Chapter XXXIV.
1008Her Reproach
218Chapter XXXV.
1009The Inconsistent
219Chapter XXXVI.
1010A Broken Appointment
220Chapter XXXVII.
1011“Between Us Now”
221Chapter XXXVIII.
1012“How Great My Grief”
222Chapter XXXIX.
1013“I Need Not Go”
223Chapter XL.
1014The Coquette, and After
224Chapter XLI.
1015A Spot
225Chapter XLII.
1016Long Plighted
226Chapter XLIII.
1017The Widow
227Chapter XLIV.
1018At a Hasty Wedding
228Chapter XLV.
1019The Dream-Follower
229Chapter XLVI.
1020His Immortality
230Chapter XLVII.
1021The To-Be-Forgotten
231Chapter XLVIII.
1022Wives in the Sere
232Chapter 1
1023The Superseded
233Chapter 2
1024An August Midnight
234Chapter 3
1025The Caged Thrush Freed and Home Again
235Chapter 4
1026Birds at Winter Nightfall
236Chapter 5
1027The Puzzled Game-Birds
237Chapter 6
1028Winter in Durnover Field
238Chapter 7
1029The Last Chrysanthemum
239Chapter 8
1030The Darkling Thrush
240Chapter 9
1031The Comet at Yalbury or Yell’ham
241Chapter 10
1032Mad Judy
242Chapter 11
1033A Wasted Illness
243Chapter 12
1034A Man
244Chapter 13
1035The Dame of Athelhall
245Chapter 14
1036The Seasons of Her Year
246Chapter 15
1037The Milkmaid
247Chapter 16
1038The Levelled Churchyard
248Chapter 17
1039The Ruined Maid
249Chapter 18
1040The Respectable Burgher on “The Higher Criticism”
250Chapter 19
1041Architectural Masks
251Chapter 20
1042The Tenant-For-Life
252Chapter 21
1043The King’s Experiment
253Chapter 22
1044The Tree An Old Man’s Story
254Chapter 23
1045Her Late Husband
255Chapter 24
1046The Self-Unseeing
256Chapter 25
1047De Profundis
257Chapter 26
1048The Church-Builder
258Chapter 27
1049The Lost Pyx A Mediæval Legend3
259Chapter 28
1050Tess’s Lament
260Chapter 29
1051The Supplanter A Tale
261Chapter 30
1052Sapphic Fragment
262Chapter 31
1053Catullus: XXXI
263Chapter 32
1054After Schiller
264Chapter 33
1055Song From Heine
265Chapter 34
1056From Victor Hugo
266Chapter 35
1057Cardinal Bembo’s Epitaph on Raphael
267Chapter 36
1058“I Have Lived With Shades”
268Chapter 37
1059Memory and I
269Chapter 38
1060ΑΓΝΩΣΤΩ. ΘΕΩ.
270Chapter 39
1061Time's Laughingstocks and Other Verses
271Chapter 40
1062The Revisitation
272Chapter 41
1063A Trampwoman’s Tragedy
273Chapter 42
1064The Two Rosalinds
274Chapter 43
1065A Sunday Morning Tragedy
275Chapter 44
1066The House of Hospitalities
276Chapter 45
1067Bereft
277Chapter 46
1068John and Jane
278Chapter 47
1069The Curate’s Kindness
279Chapter 48
1070The Flirt’s Tragedy
280Chapter 49
1071The Rejected Member’s Wife
281Chapter 50
1072The Farm-Woman’s Winter
282Chapter 51
1073Autumn in King’s Hintock Park
283Chapter 52
1074Shut Out That Moon
284Chapter 53
1075Reminiscences of a Dancing Man
285Chapter 54
1076The Dead Man Walking
286Chapter 55
10771967
287Chapter 56
1078Her Definition
288Chapter 57
1079The Division
289Chapter 58
1080On the Departure Platform
290Chapter 59
1081In a Cathedral City
291Chapter 1
1082“I Say I’ll Seek Her”
292Chapter 2
1083Her Father
293Chapter 3
1084At Waking
294Chapter 4
1085Four Footprints
295Chapter 5
1086In the Vaulted Way
296Chapter 6
1087In the Mind’s Eye
297Chapter 7
1088The End of the Episode
298Chapter 8
1089The Sigh
299Chapter 9
1090“In the Night She Came”
300Chapter 10
1091The Conformers
301Chapter 11
1092The Dawn After the Dance
302Chapter 1
1093The Sun on the Letter
303Chapter 2
1094The Night of the Dance
304Chapter 3
1095Misconception
305Chapter 4
1096The Voice of the Thorn
306Chapter 5
1097From Her in the Country
307Chapter 6
1098Her Confession
308Chapter 7
1099To an Impersonator of Rosalind
309Chapter 1
1100To an Actress
310Chapter 2
1101The Minute Before Meeting
311Chapter 3
1102He Abjures Love
312Chapter 4
1103Let Me Enjoy
313Chapter 5
1104At Casterbridge Fair
314Chapter 6
1105The Dark-Eyed Gentleman
315Chapter 7
1106To Carrey Clavel
316Chapter 8
1107The Orphaned Old Maid
317Chapter 9
1108The Spring Call
318Chapter 10
1109Julie-Jane
319Chapter 1
1110News for Her Mother
320Chapter 2
1111The Fiddler
321Chapter 3
1112The Husband’s View
322Chapter 4
1113Rose-Ann
323Chapter 5
1114The Homecoming
324Chapter 6
1115A Church Romance
325Chapter 1
1116The Rash Bride
326Chapter 2
1117The Dead Quire
327Chapter 3
1118The Christening
328Chapter 4
1119A Dream Question
329Chapter 5
1120By the Barrows
330Chapter 6
1121A Wife and Another
331Chapter 7
1122The Roman Road
332Chapter 8
1123The Vampirine Fair
333Chapter 1
1124The Reminder
334Chapter 2
1125The Rambler
335Chapter 3
1126Night in the Old Home
336Chapter 4
1127After the Last Breath
337Chapter 5
1128In Childbed
338Chapter 6
1129The Pine Planters
339Chapter 7
1130The Dear
340Chapter 8
1131One We Knew
341Chapter 9
1132She Hears the Storm
342Chapter 10
1133A Wet Night
343Chapter 11
1134Before Life and After
344Preface
1135New Year’s Eve
3451. ‘A fair vestal, throned in the west’
1136God’s Education
3462. ’Twas on the evening of a winter’s day.’
1137To Sincerity
3473. ‘Melodious birds sing madrigals’
1138Panthera
3484. ‘Where heaves the turf in many a mould’ring heap.’
1139The Unborn
3495. ‘Bosom’d high in tufted trees.’
1140The Man He Killed
3506. ‘Fare thee weel awhile!’
1141Geographical Knowledge
3517. ‘No more of me you knew, my love!’
1142One Ralph Blossom Soliloquizes
3528. ‘Allen-a-Dale is no baron or lord.’
1143The Noble Lady’s Tale
3539. ‘Her father did fume’
1144Unrealized
35410. ‘Beneath the shelter of an aged tree.’
1145Wagtail and Baby
35511. ‘Journeys end in lovers meeting.’
1146Aberdeen
35612. ‘Adieu! she cries, and waved her lily hand.’
1147George Meredith 1828–1909
35713. ‘He set in order many proverbs.’
1148Yell’ham-Wood’s Story
35814. ‘We frolic while ’tis May.’
1149A Young Man’s Epigram on Existence
35915. ‘A wandering voice.’
1150In Front of the Landscape
36016. ‘Then fancy shapes — as fancy can.’
1151Channel Firing
36117. ‘Her welcome, spoke in faltering phrase.’
1152The Convergence of the Twain
36218. ‘He heard her musical pants.’
1153The Ghost of the Past
36319. ‘Love was in the next degree.’
1154After the Visit
36420. ‘A distant dearness in the hill.’
1155To Meet, or Otherwise
36521. ‘On thy cold grey stones, O sea!’
1156The Difference
36622. ‘A woman’s way.’
1157The Sun on the Bookcase
36723. ‘Should auld acquaintance be forgot?’
1158“When I Set Out For Lyonnesse”
36824. ‘Breeze, bird, and flower confess the hour.’
1159A Thunderstorm in Town
36925. ‘Mine own familiar friend.’
1160The Torn Letter
37026. ‘To that last nothing under earth.’
1161Beyond the Last Lamp
37127. ‘How should I greet thee?’
1162The Face at the Casement
37228. ‘I lull a fancy, trouble-tost.’
1163Lost Love
37329. ‘Care, thou canker.’
1164“My Spirit Will Not Haunt the Mound”
37430. ‘Vassal unto Love.’
1165Wessex Heights
37531. ‘A worm i’ the bud.’
1166In Death Divided
37632. ‘Had I wist before I kist’
1167The Place on the Map
37733. ‘O daughter of Babylon, wasted with misery.’
1168Where the Picnic Was
37834. ‘Yea, happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.’
1169The Schreckhorn
37935. ‘And wilt thou leave me thus? — say nay — say nay!’
1170A Singer Asleep
38036. ‘The pennie’s the jewel that beautifies a’.’
1171A Plaint to Man
38137. ‘After many days.’
1172God’s Funeral
38238. ‘Jealousy is cruel as the grave.’
1173Spectres that Grieve
38339. ‘Each to the loved one’s side.’
1174“Ah, are You Digging on My Grave?”
38440. ‘Welcome, proud lady.’
1175I. At Tea
385Preface
1176II. In Church
3861. What was seen from the window overlooking the down
1177III. By Her Aunt’s Grave
3872. Somebody knocks and comes in
1178IV. In the Room of the Bride-Elect
3883. The Mill becomes an important centre of operations
1179V. At a Watering-Place
3894. Who were present at the Miller’s little Entertainment
1180VI. In the Cemetery
3905. The Song and the Stranger
1181VII. Outside the Window
3916. Old Mr. Derriman of Oxwell Hall
1182VIII. In the Study
3927. How they talked in the pastures
1183IX. At the Altar-Rail
3938. Anne makes a circuit of the camp
1184X. In the Nuptial Chamber
3949. Anne is kindly fetched by the Trumpet-major
1185XI. In the Restaurant
39510. The Match-making virtues of a double garden
1186XII. At the Draper’s
39611. Our people are affected by the presence of Royalty
1187XIII. On the Death-Bed
39712. How everybody great and small climbed to the top of the downs
1188XIV. Over the Coffin
39813. The conversation in the crowd
1189XV. In the Moonlight
39914. Later in the evening of the same day
1190Self-Unconscious
40015. ‘Captain’ Bob Loveday of the Merchant Service
1191The Discovery
40116. They make ready for the Illustrious Stranger
1192Tolerance
40217. Two fainting fits and a bewilderment
1193Before and After Summer
40318. The night after the arrival
1194At Day-Close in November
40419. Miss Johnson’s behaviour causes no little surprise
1195The Year’s Awakening
40520. How they lessened the effect of the calamity
1196Under the Waterfall
40621. ‘Upon the hill he turned’
1197The Spell of the Rose
40722. The two households united
1198St. Launce’s Revisited
40823. Military preparations on an extended scale
1199The Going
40924. A letter, a visitor, and a tin box
1200Your Last Drive
41025. Festus shows his love
1201The Walk
41126. The Alarm
1202Rain on a Grave
41227. Danger to Anne
1203“I Found Her Out There”
41328. Anne does wonders
1204Without Ceremony
41429. A Dissembler
1205Lament
41530. At the Theatre Royal
1206The Haunter
41631. Midnight Visitors
1207The Voice
41732. Deliverance
1208His Visitor
41833. A Discovery turns the scale
1209A Circular
41934. A speck on the sea
1210A Dream or No
42035. A Sailor enters
1211After a Journey
42136. Derriman sees chances
1212A Death-Day Recalled
42237. Reaction
1213Beeny Cliff
42338. A Delicate Situation
1214At Castle Boterel
42439. Bob Loveday struts up and down
1215Places
42540. A Call on Business
1216The Phantom Horsewoman
426Preface
1217The Wistful Lady
427I
1218The Woman in the Rye
428II
1219The Cheval-Glass
429III
1220The Re-enactment
430IV
1221Her Secret
431V
1222“She Charged Me”
432VI
1223The Newcomer’s Wife
433VII
1224A Conversation at Dawn
434VIII
1225A King’s Soliloquy
435IX
1226The Coronation
436X
1227Aquae Sulis
437XI
1228Seventy-four and Twenty
438XII
1229The Elopement
439XIII
1230“I Rose Up As My Custom Is”
440XIV
1231A Week
441XV
1232Had You Wept
442XVI
1233Bereft, She Thinks She Dreams
443XVII
1234In the British Museum
444XVIII
1235In the Servants’ Quarters
445XIX
1236The Obliterate Tomb
446XX
1237“Regret Not Me”
447XXI
1238The Recalcitrants
448XXII
1239Starlings on the Roof
449XXIII
1240The Moon Looks In
450XXIV
1241The Sweet Hussy
451XXV
1242The Telegram
452XXVI
1243The Moth-signal
453XXVII
1244Seen by the Waits
454XXVIII
1245The Two Soldiers
455XXIX
1246The Death of Regret
456XXX
1247In the Days of Crinoline
457XXXI
1248The Roman Gravemounds
458XXXII
1249The Workbox
459XXXIII
1250The Sacrilege
460XXXIV
1251The Abbey Mason
461XXXV
1252The Jubilee of a Magazine
462XXXVI
1253The Satin Shoes
463XXXVII
1254Exeunt Omnes
464XXXVIII
1255A Poet
465XXXIX
1256Moments of Vision
466XL
1257The Voice of Things
467XLI
1258“Why be at Pains?”
468Chapter 1
1259“We Sat at the Window”
469Chapter 2
1260Afternoon Service at Mellstock
470Chapter 3
1261At the Wicket-gate
471Chapter 4
1262In a Museum
472Chapter 5
1263Apostrophe to an Old Psalm Tune
473Chapter 6
1264At the Word “Farewell”
474Chapter 7
1265First Sight of Her and After
475Chapter 8
1266The Rival
476Chapter 9
1267Heredity
477Chapter 10
1268“You Were the Sort That Men Forget”
478Chapter 11
1269She, I, and They
479Chapter 12
1270Near Lanivet, 1872
480Chapter 13
1271Joys of Memory
481Chapter 14
1272To the Moon
482Chapter 15
1273Copying Architecture in an Old Minster
483Chapter 16
1274To Shakespeare
484Chapter 17
1275Quid Hic Agis?
485Preface
1276On a Midsummer Eve
486I. A Supposititious Presentment of her
1277Timing Her
487II. The Incarnation is Assumed to be True
1278Before Knowledge
488III. The Appointment
1279The Blinded Bird
489IV. A Lonely Pedestrian
1280“The Wind Blew Words”
490V. A Charge
1281The Faded Face
491VI. On the Brink
1282The Riddle
492VII. Her Earlier Incarnations
1283The Duel
493VIII. ‘Too like the Lightning’
1284At Mayfair Lodgings
494IX. Familiar Phenomena in the Distance
1285To My Father’s Violin
495I. The old Phantom becomes Distinct
1286The Statue of Liberty
496II. She Draws close and Satisfies
1287The Background and the Figure
497III. She becomes an Inaccessible Ghost
1288The Change
498IV. She Threatens to Resume Corporeal Substance
1289Sitting on the Bridge
499V. The Resumption Takes place
1290The Young Churchwarden
500VI. The Past Shines in the present
1291“I Travel as a Phantom Now”
501VII. The new becomes Established
1292Lines to a Movement in Mozart’s E-flat Symphony
502VIII. His own Soul Confronts him
1293“In the Seventies”
503IX. Juxtapositions
1294The Pedigree
504X. She Fails to Vanish still
1295This Heart A Woman’s Dream
505XI. The Image Persists
1296Where They Lived
506XII. A Grille Descends between
1297The Occultation
507XIII. She is Enshrouded from Sight
1298Life Laughs Onward
508I. She Returns for the new Season
1299The Peace-offering
509II. Misgivings on the Re-embodiment
1300“Something Tapped”
510III. The Renewed Image Burns itself in
1301The Wound
511IV. A Dash for the last Incarnation
1302A Merrymaking in Question
512V. On the Verge of Possession
1303“I Said and Sang Her Excellence”
513VI. The Well-beloved Is — where?
1304A January Night (1879)
514VII. An old Tabernacle in a new Aspect
1305A Kiss
515VIII. ‘Alas for this Grey Shadow, once a man!’
1306The Announcement
516Prefatory Note
1307The Oxen
5171. The Events of Thirty years
1308The Tresses
5182. The Events of a Fortnight
1309The Photograph
5193. The Events of eight Days
1310On a Heath
5204. The Events of one day
1311An Anniversary
5215. The Events of one day
1312“By the Runic Stone”
5226. The Events of Twelve Hours
1313The Pink Frock
5237. The Events of Eighteen Days
1314Transformations
5248. The Events of Eighteen Days
1315In Her Precincts
5259. The Events of ten Weeks
1316The Last Signal
52610. The Events of a day and Night
1317The House of Silence
52711. The Events of five Days
1318Great Things
52812. The Events of ten Months
1319The Chimes
52913. The Events of one day
1320The Figure in the Scene
53014. The Events of five Weeks
1321“Why Did I Sketch”
53115. The Events of three Weeks
1322Conjecture
53216. The Events of one Week
1323The Blow
53317. The Events of one day
1324Love The Monopolist
53418. The Events of three Days
1325At Middle-field Gate in February
53519. The Events of a day and Night
1326The Youth Who Carried a Light
53620. The Events of three Hours
1327The Head Above the Fog
53721. The Events of Eighteen Hours
1328Overlooking the River Stour
53822. Sequel
1329The Musical Box
539Preface
1330On Sturminster Foot-bridge
5401. A Street in Anglebury — A Heath Near it — Inside the ‘Red Lion’ Inn
1331Royal Sponsors
5412. Christopher’s House — Sandbourne Town — Sandbourne Moor
1332Old Furniture
5423. Sandbourne Moor (continued)
1333A Thought in Two Moods
5434. Sandbourne Pier — Road to Wyndway — Ball-Room in Wyndway House
1334The Last Performance
5445. At the Window — The Road Home
1335“You on the Tower”
5456. The Shore by Wyndway
1336The Interloper
5467. The Dining-Room of a Town House — The Butler’s Pantry
1337Logs on the Hearth
5478. Christopher’s Lodgings — The Grounds About Rookington
1338The Sunshade
5489. A Lady’s Drawing-Rooms — Ethelberta’s Dressing-Room
1339The Ageing House
54910. Lady Petherwin’s House
1340The Caged Goldfinch
55011. Sandbourne and its Neighbourhood — Some London Streets
1341At Madame Tussaud’s in Victorian Years
55112. Arrowthorne Park and Lodge
1342The Ballet
55213. The Lodge (continued) — The Copse Behind
1343The Five Students
55314. A Turnpike Road
1344The Wind’s Prophecy
55415. An Inner Room at the Lodge
1345During Wind and Rain
55516. A Large Public Hall
1346He Prefers Her Earthly
55617. Ethelberta’s House
1347The Dolls
55718. Near Sandbourne — London Streets — Ethelberta’s
1348Molly Gone
55819. Ethelberta’s Drawing-Room
1349A Backward Spring
55920. The Neighbourhood of the Hall — The Road Home
1350Looking Across
56021. A Street — Neigh’s Rooms — Christopher’s Rooms
1351At a Seaside Town in 1869
56122. Ethelberta’s House
1352The Glimpse
56223. Ethelberta’s House (continued)
1353The Pedestrian
56324. Ethelberta’s House (continued) — The British Museum
1354“Who’s in the Next Room?”
56425. The Royal Academy — The Farnfield Estate
1355At a Country Fair
56526. Ethelberta’s Drawing-Room
1356The Memorial Brass: 186–
56627. Mrs. Belmaine’s — Cripplegate Church
1357Her Love-birds
56728. Ethelberta’s — Mr. Chickerel’s Room
1358Paying Calls
56829. Ethelberta’s Dressing-Room — Mr. Doncastle’s House
1359The Upper Birch-leaves
56930. On the Housetop
1360“It Never Looks Like Summer”
57031. Knollsea — A Lofty Down — A Ruined Castle
1361Everything Comes
57132. A Room in Enckworth Court
1362The Man with a Past
57233. The English Channel — Normandy
1363He Fears His Good Fortune
57334. The Hotel Beau Sejour and Spots Near it
1364He Wonders About Himself
57435. The Hotel (continued), and the Quay in Front
1365Jubilate
57536. The House in Town
1366He Revisits His First School
57637. Knollsea — An Ornamental Villa
1367“I Thought, My Heart”
57738. Enckworth Court
1368Fragment
57839. Knollsea — Melchester
1369Midnight on the Great Western
57940. Melchester (continued)
1370Honeymoon Time at an Inn
58041. Workshops — An Inn — The Street
1371The Robin
58142. The Doncastles’ Residence, and Outside the Same
1372“I Rose and Went to Rou’tor Town”
58243. The Railway — The Sea — The Shore Beyond
1373The Nettles
58344. Sandbourne — A Lonely Heath — The ‘Red Lion’ — The Highway
1374In a Waiting-room
58445. Knollsea — The Road Thence — Enckworth
1375The Clock-winder
58546. Enckworth (continued) — The Anglebury Highway
1376Old Excursions
58647. Enckworth and its Precincts — Melchester
1377The Masked Face
587Preface
1378In a Whispering Gallery
588I.
1379The Something That Saved Him
589II.
1380The Enemy’s Portrait
590III.
1381Imaginings
591IV.
1382On the Doorstep
592V.
1383Signs and Tokens
593VI.
1384Paths of Former Time
594VII.
1385The Clock of the Years
595VIII.
1386At the Piano
596IX.
1387The Shadow on the Stone
597X.
1388In the Garden
598XI.
1389The Tree and the Lady
599XII.
1390An Upbraiding
600XIII.
1391The Young Glass-stainer
601XIV.
1392Looking at a Picture on an Anniversary
602XV.
1393The Choirmaster’s Burial
603I.
1394The Man Who Forgot
604II.
1395While Drawing in a Church-yard
605III.
1396“For Life I Had Never Cared Greatly”
606IV.
1397Poems of War and Patriotism
607V.
1398“Men Who March Away” (Song of the Soldiers)
608VI.
1399His Country
609VII.
1400England to Germany in 1914
610I.
1401On the Belgian Expatriation
611II.
1402An Appeal to America on Behalf of the Belgian Destitute
612III.
1403The Pity of It
613IV.
1404In Time of Wars and Tumults
614V.
1405In Time of “The Breaking of Nations”1
615VI.
1406Cry of the Homeless
616VII.
1407Before Marching and After
617VIII.
1408“Often When Warring”
618IX.
1409Then and Now
619X.
1410A Call to National Service
620XI.
1411The Dead and the Living One
621I.
1412A New Year’s Eve in War Time
622II.
1413“I Met a Man”
623III.
1414“I Looked Up from My Writing”
624IV.
1415Finale
625V.
1416The Coming of the End
626I.
1417Apology
627II.
1418Weathers
628III.
1419The Maid of Keinton Mandeville
629IV.
1420Summer Schemes
630V.
1421Epeisodia
631VI.
1422Faintheart in a Railway Train
632VII.
1423At Moonrise and Onwards
633VIII.
1424The Garden Seat
634IX.
1425Barthélémon at Vauxhall
635X.
1426“I Sometimes Think”
636XI.
1427Jezreel
637XII.
1428A Jog-trot Pair
638XIII.
1429“The Curtains Now Are Drawn”
639XIV.
1430“According to the Mighty Working”
640I.
1431“I Was Not He”
641II.
1432The West-of-Wessex Girl
642III.
1433Welcome Home
643IV.
1434Going and Staying
644V.
1435Read by Moonlight
645Preface
1436At a House in Hampstead
646An Imaginative Woman
1437A Woman’s Fancy
647The Three Strangers
1438Her Song
648The Withered Arm
1439A Wet August
6491. A lorn milkmaid
1440The Dissemblers
6502. The young wife
1441To a Lady Playing and Singing in the Morning
6513. A vision
1442“A Man Was Drawing Near To Me”
6524. A suggestion
1443The Strange House
6535. Conjuror Trendle
1444“As ’Twere To-night”
6546. A second attempt
1445The Contretemps
6557. A ride
1446A Gentleman’s Epitaph on Himself and a Lady
6568. A water-side hermit
1447The Old Gown
6579. A rencounter
1448A Night In November
658Fellow-Townsmen
1449A Duettist to Her Pianoforte
659Chapter I
1450“Where Three Roads Joined”
660Chapter II
1451“And There was a Great Calm”
661Chapter III
1452Haunting Fingers
662Chapter IV
1453The Woman I Met
663Chapter V
1454“If It’s Ever Spring Again”
664Chapter VI
1455The Two Houses
665Chapter VII
1456On Stinsford Hill at Midnight
666Chapter VIII
1457The Fallow Deer at the Lonely House
667Chapter IX
1458The Selfsame Song
668Interlopers at the Knap
1459The Wanderer
669Chapter I
1460A Wife Comes Back
670Chapter II
1461A Young Man’s Exhortation
671Chapter III
1462At Lulworth Cove a Century Back
672Chapter IV
1463A Bygone Occasion
673Chapter V
1464Two Serenades
674The Distracted Preacher
1465The Wedding Morning
6751. How his cold was cured
1466End of the Year 1912
6762. How he saw two other men
1467The Chimes Play “Life’s a Bumper!”
6773. The mysterious greatcoat
1468“I Worked No Wile to Meet You”
6784. At the time of the new moon
1469At the Railway Station, Upway
6795. How they went to lulstead cove
1470Side by Side
6806. The great search at Nether-Moynton
1471Dream of the City Shopwoman
6817. The walk to Warm’ell Cross and afterwards
1472A Maiden’s Pledge
682The Son’s Veto
1473The Child and the Sage
683For Conscience’ Sake
1474Mismet
684A Tragedy of Two Ambitions
1475An Autumn Rain-scene
685On the Western Circuit
1476Meditations on a Holiday
686To Please His Wife
1477An Experience
687The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion
1478The Beauty
688A Tradition of Eighteen Hundred and Four
1479The Collector Cleans His Picture
689The Fiddler of the Reels
1480The Wood Fire
690A Few Crusted Characters
1481Saying Good-bye
691Tony Kytes, the Arch-deceiver
1482On the Tune Called the Old-Hundred-and-Fourth
692The History of the Hardcomes
1483The Opportunity
693The Superstitious Man’s Story
1484Evelyn G. of Christminster
694Andrey Satchel and the Parson and Clerk
1485The Rift
695Old Andrey’s experience as a musician
1486Voices from Things Growing in a Churchyard
696Absent-Mindedness in a Parish Choir
1487On the Way
697The Winters and the Palmleys
1488“She Did Not Turn”
698Incident in the life of Mr. George Crookhill
1489Growth in May
699Netty Sargent’s Copyhold
1490The Children and Sir Nameless
700Preface
1491At the Royal Academy
701Dame the First: The first Countess of Wessex
1492Her Temple
702Dame the Second: Barbara of the House of Grebe
1493A Two-years’ Idyll
703Dame the Third: The Marchioness of Stonehenge
1494By Henstridge Cross at the Year’s End
704Dame the Fourth: Lady Mottisfont
1495Penance
705Dame the Fifth: The Lady Icenway
1496“I Look in Her Face”
706Dame the Sixth: Squire Petrick’s Lady
1497After the War
707Dame the Seventh: Anna, Lady Baxby
1498“If You Had Known”
708Dame the Eighth: The Lady Penelope
1499The Chapel-Organist
709Dame the Ninth: The Duchess of Hamptonshire
1500Fetching Her
710Dame the Tenth: The Honourable Laura
1501“Could I But Will”
711Prefatory Note
1502She Revisits Alone the Church of Her Marriage
712A Changed Man
1503At the Entering of the New Year
713The Waiting Supper
1504They Would Not Come
714Alicia’s Diary
1505After a Romantic Day
7151. She Misses Her Sister
1506The Two Wives
7162. News Interesting and Serious
1507“I Knew a Lady”
7173. Her Gloom Lightens a Little
1508A House with a History
7184. She Beholds the Attractive Stranger
1509A Procession of Dead Days
7195. Her Situation is a Trying One
1510He Follows Himself
7206. Her Ingenuity Instigates Her
1511The Singing Woman
7217. A Surprise Awaits Her
1512Without, Not Within Her
7228. She Travels in Pursuit
1513“O I Won’t Lead a Homely Life”
7239. She Witnesses the End
1514In the Small Hours
72410. She Adds a Note Long After
1515The Little Old Table
725The Grave by the Handpost
1516Vagg Hollow
726Enter A Dragoon
1517The Dream Is—Which?
727A Tryst at an Ancient Earth Work
1518The Country Wedding
728What the Shepherd Saw: A Tale of Four Moonlight Nights
1519First or Last
729A Committee-Man of ‘The Terror’
1520Lonely Days
730Master John Horseleigh, Knight
1521“What Did It Mean?”
731The Duke’s Reappearance — a Family Tradition
1522At the Dinner-Table
732A Mere Interlude
1523The Marble Tablet
733How I Built Myself a House
1524The Master and the Leaves
734Destiny and a Blue Cloak
1525Last Words to a Dumb Friend
735The Thieves Who Couldn’t Help Sneezing
1526A Drizzling Easter Morning
736Chapter I.
1527On One Who Lived and Died Where He Was Born
737Chapter II.
1528The Second Night
738Chapter III.
1529She Who Saw Not
739Chapter IV.
1530The Old Workman
740Chapter V.
1531The Sailor’s Mother
741Chapter VI.
1532Outside the Casement
742Chapter VII.
1533The Passer-by
743Chapter VIII.
1534“I Was the Midmost”
744Chapter I.
1535A Sound in the Night
745Chapter II.
1536On a Discovered Curl of Hair
746Chapter III.
1537An Old Likeness
747Chapter IV.
1538Her Apotheosis
748Chapter V.
1539“Sacred to the Memory”
749Chapter VI.
1540To a Well-Named Dwelling
750Chapter VII.
1541The Whipper-in
751The Doctor’s Legend
1542A Military Appointment
752Our Exploits at West Poley (pt. 1)
1543The Milestone by the Rabbit-burrow
753Our Exploits at West Poley (pt. 2)
1544The Lament of the Looking-glass
754Blue Jimmy: The Horse Stealer
1545Cross-currents
755Preface
1546The Old Neighbour and the New
756Detailed Contents
1547The Chosen
757Characters
1548The Inscription
758Fore Scene
1549The Marble-streeted Town
759Act First
1550A Woman Driving
760Scene I England. A Ridge In Wessex
1551A Woman’s Trust
761Scene II Paris. Office Of The Minister Of Marine
1552Best Times
762Scene III London. The Old House Of Commons
1553The Casual Acquaintance
763Scene IV The Harbour Of Boulogne
1554Intra Sepulchrum
764Scene V London. The House Of A Lady Of Quality
1555The Whitewashed Wall
765Scene VI Milan. The Cathedral
1556Just the Same
766Act Second
1557The Last Time
767Scene I The Dockyard, Gibraltar
1558The Seven Times
768Scene II. Off Ferrol
1559The Sun’s Last Look on the Country Girl
769Scene III The Camp And Harbour Of Boulogne
1560In a London Flat
770Scene IV South Wessex. A Ridge-like Down Near The Coast
1561Drawing Details in an Old Church
771Scene V The Same. Rainbarrow’s Beacon, Egdon Heath
1562Rake-hell Muses
772Act Third
1563The Colour
773Scene I Boulogne. The Chateau At Pont-de-briques
1564Murmurs in the Gloom
774Scene II The Frontiers Of Upper Austria And Bavaria
1565Epitaph
775Scene III Boulogne. The St. Omer Road
1566An Ancient to Ancients
776Act Fourth
1567After Reading Psalms XXXIX., XL., Etc.
777Scene I King George’s Watering-place, South Wessex
1568Surview
778Scene II Before The City Of Ulm
1569Other Works
779Scene III Ulm. Within The City
1570The Dorsetshire Labourer
780Scene IV Before Ulm. The Same Day
1571The Rev. William Barnes, B.D.
781Scene V The Same. The Michaelsberg
1572The Science of Fiction
782Scene VI London. Spring Gardens
1573The Profitable Reading of Fiction
783Act Fifth
1574Candour in English Fiction
784Scene I Off Cape Trafalgar
1575Memories of Church Restoration
785Scene II The Same. The Quarter-deck Of The “Victory”
1576On the Use of Dialect
786Scene III The Same. On Board The “Bucentaure”
1577Dialect in Novels
787Scene IV The Same. The Cockpit Of The “Victory”
1578Why I Don't Write Plays
788Scene V London. The Guildhall
1579Laws the Cause of Misery
789Scene VI10 An Inn At Rennes
1580On the Tree of Knowledge
790Scene VII King George’s Watering-place, South Wessex
1581Appreciation of Anatole France
791Act Sixth
1582The War and Literature
