PART I

THE ROOM OF THE MINSTRELS

I The Place 11

II In Which Our Hero and the Place Meet Once Again 13

III In Which the Admonitus Locorum Begins to Have Fun with Two Entirely Respectable Members of Society 28

IV In Which the Aforesaid Admonitus Leads the Aforesaid Members of Society a Dance 53

V Maradick Makes a Promise and Meets an Itinerant Optimist 79

VI Supper with Janet Morelli 103

VII Maradick Learns that “Getting a View” May Have Its Dangers as Well as Its Rewards 125

VIII They All Eat Chicken in the Gorse and Fly Before the Storm 136