Contents 1
Chablis 1
On the Deck 5
The Genius 8
Opening 15
Sindbad 19
The Explanation 26
Concerning the Bodyguard 37
Rif 42
The Palace at Four A．M． 48
Jaws 56
Conversations with Goethe 61
Affection 64
The New Owner 71
Paul Klee 74
Terminus 79
The Educational Experience 83
Bluebeard 87
Departures 93
Visitors 101
The wound 110
At the Tolstoy Museum 115
The Flight of Pigeons from the Palace 126
A Few Moments of Sleeping and Waking 137
The Temptation of ST．Anthony 145
Sentence 153
Pepperoni 160
Some of Us Had Been Threatening Our Friend Colby 163
Lightning 168
The Catechist 178
Porcupines at the University 185
Sakrete 191
Captain Blood 196
110 West Sixty-First Street 202
The Film 207
Overnight to Many Distant Cities 215
Construction 221
Letters to the Editore 228
Great Days 233
The Baby 245
January 248