| I. | IN THE CLAY |
| II. | SOME PARISHIONERS |
| III. | THE EXILE |
| IV. | HOME SICKNESS |
| V. | A LETTER TO ROME |
| VI. | JULIA CAHILL'S CURSE |
| VII. | A PLAYHOUSE IN THE WASTE |
| VIII. | THE WEDDING-GOWN |
| IX. | THE CLERK'S QUEST |
| X. | "ALMS-GIVING" |
| XI. | SO ON HE FARES |
| XII. | THE WILD GOOSE |
| XIII. | THE WAY BACK |
It was a beautiful summer morning, and Rodney was out of his bed at sixo'clock. He usually went for a walk before going to his studio, andthis morning his walk had been a very pleasant one, for yesterday'swork had gone well with him. But as he turned into the mews in whichhis studio was situated he saw the woman whom he employed to light hisfire standing in the middle of the roadway. He had never seen herstanding in the middle of the roadway before and his doors wide open,and he instantly divined a misfortune, and thought of the Virgin andChild he had just finished. There was nothing else in his studio thathe, cared much about. A few busts, done long ago, and a few sketches;no work of imp