The Well-Beloved
- Subtitle
- A Sketch of a Temperament
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1. A SKETCH OF A TEMPERAMENT2. PREFACE3. PART FIRST — A YOUNG MAN OF TWENTY.4. 1. I. A SUPPOSITITIOUS PRESENTMENT OF HER5. 1. II. THE INCARNATION IS ASSUMED TO BE TRUE6. 1. III. THE APPOINTMENT7. 1. IV. A LONELY PEDESTRIAN8. 1. V. A CHARGE9. 1. VI. ON THE BRINK10. 1. VII. HER EARLIER INCARNATIONS11. 1. VIII. ‘TOO LIKE THE LIGHTNING’12. 1. IX. FAMILIAR PHENOMENA IN THE DISTANCE13. PART SECOND — A YOUNG MAN OF FORTY14. 2. I. THE OLD PHANTOM BECOMES DISTINCT15. 2. II. SHE DRAWS CLOSE AND SATISFIES16. 2. III. SHE BECOMES AN INACCESSIBLE GHOST17. 2. IV. SHE THREATENS TO RESUME CORPOREAL SUBSTANCE18. 2. V. THE RESUMPTION TAKES PLACE19. 2. VI. THE PAST SHINES IN THE PRESENT20. 2. VII. THE NEW BECOMES ESTABLISHED21. 2. VIII. HIS OWN SOUL CONFRONTS HIM22. 2. IX. JUXTAPOSITIONS23. 2. X. SHE FAILS TO VANISH STILL24. 2. XI. THE IMAGE PERSISTS25. 2. XII. A GRILLE DESCENDS BETWEEN26. 2. XIII. SHE IS ENSHROUDED FROM SIGHT27. PART THIRD — A YOUNG MAN OF SIXTY28. 3. I. SHE RETURNS FOR THE NEW SEASON29. 3. II. MISGIVINGS ON THE RE-EMBODIMENT30. 3. III. THE RENEWED IMAGE BURNS ITSELF IN31. 3. IV. A DASH FOR THE LAST INCARNATION32. 3. V. ON THE VERGE OF POSSESSION33. 3. VI. THE WELL-BELOVED IS—WHERE?34. 3. VII. AN OLD TABERNACLE IN A NEW ASPECT35. 3. VIII. ‘ALAS FOR THIS GREY SHADOW, ONCE A MAN!’