Contents

CHAP.

PRECAUTIONAL

THE PROLOGUE

I. THE STORY OF THE SESTINA

II. THE STORY OF THE TENSON

III. THE STORY OF THE RAT-TRAP

IV. THE STORY OF THE CHOICES

V. THE STORY OF THE HOUSEWIFE

VI. THE STORY OF THE SATRAPS

VII. THE STORY OF THE HERITAGE

VIII. THE STORY OF THE SCABBARD

IX. THE STORY OF THE NAVARRESE

X. THE STORY OF THE FOX-BRUSH

THE EPILOGUE