Prologue -- Plato or Diophantus? -- Phone call -- The tunnel -- A normal little girl -- The saint's tibia -- Living with her -- Where to find the sugar bowl -- Who are we congratulating here? -- To baptize me or not to baptize me? -- The nuns -- Gefilte fish -- The beauty of Euclid -- A genuine relic? -- Choo-choo -- Do you want to come with me? -- A two-headed genius -- Family portrait -- Sterling ancestors: from the Galician side -- Sterling ancestors: from the Alsatian side -- The wages of sin -- A family unglued -- The metamorphoses of a Kuckucksei -- These ruined faces -- The garde-meuble -- Jerusalem -- A navy blue beret -- Indestructible? -- Japonaiserie -- Pulling the wool over her eyes -- Tzedakah -- The old horse -- Visitation rights -- Revelation -- Roots -- The mirror's eyes -- Pale petals -- Epilogue.