Contents -- Note on the author and editor -- Introduction -- Select Bibliography -- The tiredness of Rosabel -- Frau Brechenmacher attends a wedding -- The swing of the pendulum -- A birthday -- Millie -- The woman at the store -- Bains turcs -- An indiscreet journey -- The little Governess -- Prelude -- Bliss -- A Married man's story -- Carnation -- This flower -- The man without a temperament -- The daughters of the late colonel -- Her first ball -- The Voyage -- At the bay -- The garden party -- Honey moon -- Note on sources.