PART ONE

I I AM BORN 3

II BEAR LAWN 14

III CHILD OF PRIVILEGE 24

IV I GO TO MEETING 36

V I GO TO SCHOOL 55

VI CHEESE, LUMPS, CREWJOE, THE SCARLET WOMAN AND THE GREAT GOD BENAMUCKEE 73

VII THE END OF THE WORLD 87

VIII SATAN COMES TO TAWBOROUGH 95

IX AND SO DOES UNCLE SIMEON 101

X OLD LETTERS 120

XI EXTRAORDINARY MEETING FOR PRAYER, PRAISE AND PURGING 135

XII THE GREAT DISCLOSURE 144

XIII I GO TO TORRIBRIDGE 158

XIV I BECOME CURIOUS 172

XV WESTWARD HO! 179

XVI ROBBIE 192

XVII CHRISTMAS NIGHT 206

XVIII NEW YEAR'S NIGHT 223

XIX BEAR LAWN AGAIN 233

XX DIARY 243

XXI I AM BAPTIZED IN JORDAN 253

XXII THE RETURN OF THE STRANGER 265

XXIII WINE THAT MAKETH GLAD THE HEART OF WOMAN 282

XXIV PROSPECTS 301

XXV I SAY GOOD-BYE 312