Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1981

Guests of the nation -- Late Henry Conran -- Bridal night -- Grand Vizier's daughters -- Songs without words -- Shepherds -- Long road to Ummera -- Cheapjack -- Luceys -- Uprooted -- Mad Lomasneys -- News for the church -- Judas -- Babes in the wood -- Frying-pan -- Miracle -- Don Juan's temptation -- First confession -- Man of the house -- Drunkard -- Christmas morning -- My first protestant -- Legal aid -- Masculine principle -- Sentry -- Lady of the sagas -- Darcy in the land of youth -- My Oedipus complex -- Pretender -- Freedom -- Peasants -- Majesty of the law -- Eternal triangle -- Masculine protest -- Sorcerer's apprentice -- Little mother -- A sense of responsibility -- Counsel for Oedipus -- Old faith -- Unapproved route -- Study of history -- Expectation of life -- Ugly duckling -- Fish for Friday -- A set of variations on a borrowed theme -- American wife -- Impossible marriage -- Cheat -- Weeping children -- An out-and-out free gift -- Corkerys -- A story by Maupassant -- A great man -- Androcles and the army -- Public opinion -- Achilles' heel -- Wreath -- Teacher's mass -- Martyr -- Requiem -- An act of charity -- Mass island -- There is a lone house -- Story teller -- Last Post -- Cornet player who betrayed Ireland -- Ghosts