Chapter I: Book ONE: The Bride

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I. A DANCE ON STATEN ISLAND IN 1890 3

II. A VINCELLE IN HIS NATURAL HABITAT 15

III. GILBERT GOES A-WOOING 26

IV. CLAUDINE’S PECULIAR MOTHER 37

V. CLAUDINE LEARNS TO ADAPT HERSELF 49

VI. THE KEYNOTE 59

VII. THE HEDGE WHICH GREW SO FAST 73

VIII. A YEAR LATER 88