Table of Contents
Foreword xi
1 "No one ever does just the right thing in great emergencies" 1
2 "The finest place in the world" 19
3 "Something of the tiger in him" 36
4 "I was not a chip off the old block" 61
5 "It is curious how persons lose their heads in times of excitement" 77
6 "The urgency of the moment overpowers everything" 89
7 "I am very much of the opinion that she has captured your brother Washy's heart at last" 113
8 "All beginnings are difficult, but don't give up" 130
9 "I will have to go to work at something" 151
10 "Good enough to found upon" 171
11 "I have been quite sick for some days" 189
11 "Now is the time to build the Bridge" 197
13 "Trust me" 219
14 "She goes everywhere and sees everything" 247
15 "The image of his wife floats before him" 266
16 "You can't desert your job" 288
17 "Time & age cures all this" 303
Epilogue: Cold Spring 310
Acknowledgments 313
Notes 317
Bibliography 347
Index 355