Three women at the waters' edge

Collected stories

Guests of the nation -- The late Henry Conran -- The bridal night -- The Grand Vizier's daughters -- Songs without words -- The shephers -- The long road to Ummera -- The cheapjack -- The Luceys -- Uprooted -- The mad Lomasneys -- News for the church -- Judas -- The babes in the woods -- The frying-pan -- The miracle -- Don Juan's temptation -- First confession -- The man of the house -- The drunkard -- Christmas morning -- My first protestant -- Legal aid -- The masculine principle -- The sentry -- The lady of the sagas -- Darcy in the land of youth -- My Oedipus complex -- The pretender -- Freedom -- Peasants -- The majesty of the law -- Eternal triangle -- Masculine protest -- The sorcerer's apprentice -- The little mother -- A sense of responsibility -- Counsel for Oedipus -- The old faith -- Unapproved route.

The study of history -- Expectation of life -- The ugly duckling -- Fish for Friday -- A set of variations on a borrowed theme -- The American wife -- The impossible marriage -- The cheat -- The weeping children -- An out-and-out free gift -- The Corkerys -- A story by Maupassant -- A great man -- Androcles and the army -- Public opinion -- Achilles' heel -- The wreath -- The teacher's mass -- The martyr -- Requiem -- An act of charity -- The Mass island -- There is a lone house -- The story teller -- Last Post -- The cornet player who betrayed Ireland -- Ghosts.