A SKETCH OF A TEMPERAMENT
By Thomas Hardy
PREFACE
1. I. A SUPPOSITITIOUS PRESENTMENT OF HER
1. II. THE INCARNATION IS ASSUMED TO BE TRUE
1. III. THE APPOINTMENT
1. IV. A LONELY PEDESTRIAN
1. V. A CHARGE
1. VI. ON THE BRINK
1. VII. HER EARLIER INCARNATIONS
1. VIII. 'TOO LIKE THE LIGHTNING'
1. IX. FAMILIAR PHENOMENA IN THE DISTANCE
2. I. THE OLD PHANTOM BECOMES DISTINCT
2. II. SHE DRAWS CLOSE AND SATISFIES
2. III. SHE BECOMES AN INACCESSIBLE GHOST
2. IV. SHE THREATENS TO RESUME CORPOREAL SUBSTANCE
2. V. THE RESUMPTION TAKES PLACE
2. VI. THE PAST SHINES IN THE PRESENT
2. VII. THE NEW BECOMES ESTABLISHED
2. VIII. HIS OWN SOUL CONFRONTS HIM
2. IX. JUXTAPOSITIONS
2. X. SHE FAILS TO VANISH STILL
2. XI. THE IMAGE PERSISTS
2. XII. A GRILLE DESCENDS BETWEEN
2. XIII. SHE IS ENSHROUDED FROM SIGHT
3. I. SHE RETURNS FOR THE NEW SEASON
3. II. MISGIVINGS ON THE RE-EMBODIMENT
3. III. THE RENEWED IMAGE BURNS ITSELF IN
3. IV. A DASH FOR THE LAST INCARNATION
3. V. ON THE VERGE OF POSSESSION
3. VI. THE WELL-BELOVED IS WHERE?
3. VII. AN OLD TABERNACLE IN A NEW ASPECT
3. VIII. 'ALAS FOR THIS GREY SHADOW, ONCE A MAN!'
