I. THE DEEDS OF THE FARM
II. CADGE'S ASSIGNMENT
III. "P.P.C."




BOOK I.


THE BROKEN CHRYSALIS.

_(From the Shorthand Notes of John Burke.)_


THE BACILLUS OF BEAUTY



CHAPTER I.


THE METAMORPHOSIS.

NEW YORK, Sunday, Dec. 16.

I am going to set down as calmly and fully as I can a plain statement of
all that has happened since I came to New York.

I shall not trim details, nor soften the facts to humour my own amazement,