PART I. T.R. and Bamie. -- "The Aim of My Whole Life Shall Be to Make Her Happy" -- "I Have Been Pretty Nearly Crazy" -- "There Is A Curse on this House" -- "The World on Her Shoulders" -- "She Would Be Just as Well Off Without Me" -- He Was Not a Man To Live Alone -- Orange Gloves -- PART II. ALICE -- "The Child of Another Marriage" -- She Watched Him Shave -- Where No Did Not Exist -- "I Tried To Be Conspicuous" -- "It Could Scorch the Paper It Was Written On" -- In Love with the Rogue's Gallery -- In the Hormone Jungle -- The Script Is Set -- "Bored, Shy, and a Little Resentful" -- Clearly Her Father's Daughter -- All-Out War -- His blessed girl -- Seeking attention -- PART III. PAULINA AND JOANNA -- Nick -- The Most Valuable Present -- "Don't Hurt Him; I want to Look at Him" -- Uncrowded hours.