BOOK III.

MUD, BUT SOUL.

I. THE CLOACA AND ITS SURPRISES II. EXPLANATION III. THE TRACKED MAN IV. HE TOO BEARS HIS CROSS V. SAND, LIKE WOMAN, HAS A FINENESS THAT IS PERFIDIOUS VI. THE FONTIS VII. SOMETIMES ONE IS STRANDED WHERE HE THINKS TO LAND VIII. THE TOM COAT-SKIRT IX. MARIUS APPEARS DEAD TO A CONNOISSEUR X. RETURN OF THE SON PRODIGAL OF HIS LIFE XI. A SHAKING IN THE ABSOLUTE XII. THE GRANDFATHER