BOOK II

THE BREAKING OF DREAMS

I. Recording some Aspects of a Small Pilgrim's Progress 93

II. In which Our Hero Improves His Acquaintance with Many Things—Himself Included 104

III. Concerning that which, Thank God, Happens Almost Every Day 117

IV. Which Smells very Vilely of the Stable 128

V. In which Dickie is Introduced to a Little Dancer with Blush-roses in Her Hat 140

VI. Dealing with a Physician of the Body and a Physician of the Soul 149

VII. An Attempt to Make the Best of It 159

VIII. Telling, Incidentally, of a Broken-down Postboy and a Country Fair 169