PART ONE ALIGHT IN THE LODGE 11
1 News after a Medical Examination 11
2 The Master Talks of the Future 17
3 A Small Party in the Combination Room 23
4 A Piece of Serious Business 31
5 Success and Envy 39
6 Streets in the Thaw 48
7 Decision to Call on Jago 52
8 Three Kinds of Power 57
9 Quarrel with a Friend 63
10 First College Meeting of Term 73
11 View from Roy Calvert＇s Window 81
12 Jago Walks Round the Court 88
PART TWO WAITING 99
13 Progress of an Illness 99
14 Commemoration of Benefactors 106
15 Negotiations After a Feast 112
16 An Hour of Pride 120
17 ＇We＇re All Alone＇ 125
18 Result of an Anxiety 128
19 ＇A Nice Little Party＇ 133
20 The Depth of Ambition 139
21 Propaganda 145
22 The Scent of Acacia 151
23 Affliction 157
24 Argument in the Summer Twilight 163
25 An Observer＇s Smile 169
26 Stalemate 172
27 Conference of Six 179
28 Clowning and Pride 187
29 ＇A Vacancy in the Office of Master＇ 191
PART THREE NOTICE OF A VACANCY 197
30 Jago Thinks of Himself as a Young Man 197
31 ＇A Good Day for the College＇ 203
32 The Virtues of the Other Side 212
33 That Which Dies Last 216
34 Obligations of Love 223
35 Crawford Behaves Sensibly 231
36 Visit to an Authority 236
37 ＇Six Nights to Go＇ 243
38 A Cave is Formed 248
PART FOUR MORNING IN THE CHAPEL 253
39 A Group Talks Till the Morning 253
40 ＇I Have Had a Disappointing Life＇ 259
41 Two Cigars in the Combination Room 265
42 The Last Night 270
43 Each is Alone 277
44 Deeper than Shame 283
45 The Election 288
46 The Master Presides 295
APPENDIX－Reflections on the College Past 300