CONTENTS -- Preface -- Flying to America -- Perpetua -- Edward and Pia -- The Piano Player -- Henrietta and Alexandra -- Presents -- Among the Beanwoods -- You Are as Brave as Vincent Van Gogh -- The Agreement -- Basil From Her Garden -- Paradise Before the Egg -- Three -- Up, Aloft in the Air -- Bone Bubbles -- The Big Broadcast of 1938 -- This Newspaper Here -- Tales of the Swedish Army -- And Then -- Can We Talk -- Hiding Man -- The Reference -- Edwards, Amelia -- Marie, Marie, Hold On Tight -- Pages from the Annual Report -- The Bed -- The Discovery -- You Are Cordially Invited -- The Viennese Opera Ball -- Belief -- Wrack -- The Question Party -- Manfred -- A Man -- Heather -- Pandemonium -- A Picture History of the War -- The Police Band -- The Sea of Hesitation -- The Mothball Fleet -- Subpoena -- The New Member -- To London and Rome -- The Apology -- Florence Green Is 81 -- Tickets -- Notes -- About the Author -- About the Editor.