I: The bridge -- The Toronto Star, 1945 -- The blind assassin: perennials for the rock garden. II: The hard-boiled egg -- The Globe amd ,ao;, 1947 -- The park bench -- The Toronto Star, 1975 -- The carpets -- The Globe and Mail, 1998 -- The lipstick heart -- The Colonel Henry Parkman High School Home and School and Alumni Association. III. The presentation -- The silver box -- The button factory -- Avilion -- The trousseau -- The gramophone -- Bread day -- Black ribbons -- The soda. IV: The cafe -- The Port Ticonderoga Herald and Banner, 1933 -- The chenile spread -- The Mail and Empire, 1934 -- Horses of the night -- Mayfair, 1935 -- The bronze bell. V: The fur coat -- The weary soldier -- Miss violence -- Ovid's metamorphoses -- The button factory picnic -- Loaf givers -- Hand tinting -- The cold cellar -- The attic -- The Imperial Room -- The Arcadian Court -- The tango. VI: The houdstooth suit -- Red brocade -- The Toronto Star. 1935 -- Street walk -- The janitor -- Mayfair, 1936 -- Alien on ice. VII: The steamer trunk -- The fire pit -- Postcards from Europe -- The eggshell hat -- Besotted -- Sunnyside -- Xanadu. VIII: Carnivore stories -- Mayfair, 1936 -- Peach women of Aa'A -- The top hat grill. IX: The laundry -- The ashtray -- The man with his head on fire -- The Water Nixie -- The chestnut tree.

X: Lizard Men of Xenor -- Mayfair, 1937 -- Letter from BellaVista -- The tower -- The Globe and Mail, 1937 -- Union Station. XI:The cubicle -- The kitten -- Beautiful view -- Brightly shone the moon -- Betty's Luncheonette -- The message. XII: The Globe and Mail, 1938 -- Mayfair, 1939 -- The Be rage Room -- Yellow curtains -- The telegram -- The destruction of Sakiel-Norn. XIII:Gloves -- Home fires -- Diana sweets -- Escarpment. XIV: The golden lock -- Victory comes and goes -- The heap of rubble. XV: The Blind Assassin, Epilogue: The other hand -- The Port Ticonderoga Herald and Banner, 1999 -- The threshold.