Margaret's world -- A child is born -- Family matters -- Rites of passage -- Enter Alice -- A go-between -- An absent father -- Coming of age -- Thomas's world -- Speaking in tongues -- Speaking out -- The limits of reason -- Alternative utopias -- Convulsions in Christendom -- A utopian dilemma -- The ropers -- Shifting sands -- Heaven in Chelsea -- 'Our father" -- The devil makes work -- Illusion of reality -- Thomas's challenge -- 'Fate we must obey' -- Grappling with the devil -- The press of suitors -- Resignation -- Two against a tyrant -- A knock at the door -- The heart of the matter -- Fighting back -- 'Merrily in heaven' -- Telling the story.