Introduction
The mummies of Bordeaux
"Farewell the tranquil mind! Farewell, content!"
"Dim light of funeral lamps"
"A particularly and peculiarly masculine person"
"More like a lover than a husband"
"A committed if eccentric socialist"
The summer of Shaw
The mouse moves in
"How was her fancy caught?"
"A charming little socialist and literary household"
"Dramatic entertainment at New-Cross"
"The Medway, with the Psammead"
"Isn't it a dear little place?"
"My son; my little son, the house is very quiet"
"Always surrounded by adoring young men"
"Ernest, I've come to stay"
I want the plain naked unashamed truth"
"Votes for women? Votes for children! Votes for dogs!"
"A curtain, thin as gossamer"
"I am not hurt"
"A handyman of the sea"
"Time with his make-up box of lines and wrinkles" .