PART I

CHAPTER PAGE I. "Hinter die Kirche blühe die blaue Blumeleft der Zufriedenheit" 3 II. Of Thaddeus Bourn and his Purposes 11 III. Of Morgan Map and his Purposes 24 IV. In which Thaddeus uses the term "Moral Justification" 32 V. Introducing Hamilton and Saint Mary's Organ 41 VI. Introducing Gard Windham and the Brotherhood of Consolation 56 VII. Introducing Moselle and Mavering 71 VIII. Of Mrs. Mavering, and of the Philosophy of the Individual 85 IX. Of Estates in Happiness 99 X. Of Spring in Hamilton—Of Thaddeus's Opportunity to be Candid 118 XI. The Whirlpool—Mr. Paulus's Reminiscences of Women 135