Ch. 1. A Blackstable boyhood -- Ch. 2. At St. Thomas's Hospital -- Ch. 3. A writer by instinct -- Ch. 4. Le chat blanc -- Ch. 5. England's dramatist -- Ch. 6. Syrie -- Ch. 7. Code name "Somerville" -- Ch. 8. Behind the painted veil -- Ch. 9. A world of veranda and prahu -- Ch. 10. Separation -- Ch. 11. The villa Mauresque -- Ch. 12. Master Hacky -- Ch. 13. The teller of tales -- Ch. 14. An exercise in propaganda -- Ch. 15. The Bronzino boy -- Ch. 16. Betrayal
