I
The bridge		1	(2)
The Toronto Star, 1945		3	(1)
The Blind Assassin: Perennials for the Rock Garden		4	(5)
II
The hard-boiled egg		9	(5)
The Globe and Mail, 1947		14	(1)
The park bench		15	(4)
The Toronto Star, 1975		19	(1)
The carpets		20	(4)
The Globe and Mail, 1998		24	(1)
The lipstick heart		25	(6)
The Colonel Henry Parkman High School Home and School and Alumni Association Bulletin, 1998		31	(4)
III
The presentation		35	(7)
The silver box		42	(6)
The Button Factory		48	(8)
Avilion		56	(10)
The trousseau		66	(9)
The gramophone		75	(8)
Bread day		83	(12)
Black ribbons		95	(4)
The soda		99	(6)
IV
The cafe		105	(3)
The Port Ticonderoga Herald and Banner, 1933		108	(1)
The chenille spread		109	(4)
The Mail and Empire, 1934		113	(2)
The messenger		115	(7)
The Mail and Empire, 1934		122	(1)
Horses of the night		123	(4)
Mayfair, 1935		127	(2)
The bronze bell		129	(6)
V
The fur coat		135	(9)
The Weary Solidier		144	(8)
Miss Violence		152	(9)
Ovid's Metamorphoses		161	(8)
The button factory picnic		169	(11)
Loaf givers		180	(11)
Hand-tinting		191	(11)
The cold cellar		202	(11)
The attic		213	(9)
The Imperial Room		222	(7)
The Arcadian Court		229	(10)
The tango		239	(10)
VI
The houndstooth suit		249	(4)
Red brocade		253	(5)
The Toronto Star, 1935		258	(1)
Street walk		259	(6)
The janitor		265	(8)
Mayfair, 1936		273	(1)
Alien on Ice		274	(9)
VII
The steamer trunk		283	(6)
The Fire Pit		289	(10)
Postcards from Europe		299	(10)
The eggshell hat		309	(6)
Besotted		315	(7)
Sunnyside		322	(7)
Xanadu		329	(10)
VIII
Carnivore stories		339	(8)
Mayfair, 1936		347	(2)
Peach Women of Aa'A		349	(8)
The Mail and Empire, 1936		357	(1)
The Top Hat Grill		358	(7)
IX
The laundry		365	(7)
The ashtray		372	(8)
The man with his head on fire		380	(6)
The Water Nixie		386	(9)
The chestnut tree		395	(4)
X
Lizard Men of Xenor		399	(4)
Mayfair, 1937		403	(2)
Letter from BellaVista		405	(2)
The tower		407	(3)
The Globe and Mail, 1937		410	(1)
Union Station		411	(6)
XI
The cubicle		417	(4)
The kitten		421	(7)
Beautiful view		428	(5)
Brightly shone the moon		433	(7)
Betty's Luncheonette		440	(8)
The message		448	(7)
XII
The Globe and Mail, 1938		455	(1)
Mayfair, 1939		456	(2)
The Be rage Room		458	(5)
Yellow curtains		463	(3)
The telegram		466	(2)
The destruction of Sakiel-Norn		468	(5)
Gloves		473	(4)
Home fires		477	(5)
Diana Sweets		482	(8)
Escarpment		490	(7)
XIV
The golden lock		497	(4)
Victory comes and goes		501	(8)
The heap of rubble		509	(8)
XV
The Blind Assassin, Epilogue: The other hand		517	(2)
The Port Ticonderoga Herald and Banner, 1999		519	(1)
The threshold		520