Cover -- Author biography -- Also by Elizabeth Stead -- Title page -- Imprint page -- Dedication -- The green place -- An unusual friendship -- The aunts' house -- The tram conductor -- Sunday trams -- Jews understand music -- Colours -- The well-read visitor -- Sea pictures #1 -- Sea pictures #2 -- Clara -- Mariana -- The aunts' house -- The Duchess of Nullabri -- Summer -- A Mariana picnic -- The aunts' house -- The man from Brazil -- Uncle George -- Le déjeuner sur l'herbe -- The northern casual -- Monday -- Tuesday -- Through the trees dancing -- The grandfather's room -- Acknowledgements.