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Tables of Contents for The Warm Glow of the Monastery Courtyard
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Introductory Note
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PART 1 THE WARM GLOW OF THE MONASTERY COURTYARD
The Warm Glow of the Monastery Courtyard
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5
A Mournful Driver and a Busload of Idiots
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3
A Twitcher in Florida
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1
A Decorator and a Bruised Leg
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1
The Blind Leading the Sick
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1
Intercession for a Rejected Priest
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In Memoriam a Tradition
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1
A Stroke Victim and a Priory
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1
A Home Secretary and Real Leaves
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1
A Gardener Goes into the Fire
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2
A Goalie and the Soul
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1
A Brooding Chairman in Lent
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1
A Grandfather and an Au Pair
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1
Bats round a Head
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1
A Chairman and a Shuffling Zombie
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1
A Mongolian Requiem
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1
A Professor and Washing-up
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1
Chimney Smoke and Red Eyes
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1
A Dying Lady and a Tired Daughter
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1
A Broken Pillar and a Spire
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1
A Hesychast at the Craft Fair
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1
The Wilderness and the Deceived
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1
Two Unemployed at the School Reunion
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1
Cannon and Mortar Fire and Washing
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2
A Megastar without Clothes
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2
The President and a Bruised Leg
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1
A Revolutionary and a Jumping Girl
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2
A Belt in his Mind
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1
As Raw as Cut-off Fingers
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1
A Boat-Burner Taken down a Peg
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2
Paralysed Arm and Loving Cats
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1
Men of Straw
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1
A Rat and Agoraphobia
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2
Ageless Stables and the Age
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1
An Arsehole Full of Praise
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1
A Late Teacher and Gas
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1
A Diviner among her Crystals
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1
A Burning Ankh and a Temple-Dancer's Hands
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2
An Orthodox Dream and a Farmhouse
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2
A Well-Steered Boat and the Rocks
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A Bearded Osteopath and a Wreck
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2
A Brig and a Nelson
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1
A Misplaced Person in the Hungarian Castle
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2
Four-leafed Clover and a Kiss
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1
A Shy Angel and a Fossil
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1
The Heart of Old Hungary
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2
Rock Music and an Austro-Hungarian Fob-Watch
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2
Attention and a Wish
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1
A Slovakian Hungarian and Two Ruskies
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2
An Organic Architect in his Work
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2
A Taxi-Ride and Red Lips
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1
A Hostess and a Hero
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1
A Portrait and a Jacket
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1
A Shy Treasurer and her Diary
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1
A Life at an End
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1
An Unofficial Guide
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2
A Tree and Chipping Axes
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1
Cole Confused
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1
The Pax at Twilight
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1
White Hair and Black Hands
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1
A Chain for a Chain
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1
Run Aground
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1
Feet on the Ground
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1
Three Deaths and an Old Carpet
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1
Aladdin's Cave and a Disgruntled Look
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1
A Birthmark on her Brain
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1
A Doctor and Frustration
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1
Fire-Escape
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1
A Soul like a Secret Garden
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1
Light among the Professionals
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1
A Sunburst in St Martin's
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1
Tombstones and a Good-looking Explorer
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1
A Game like a Flicked Marble
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1
A Kick and a Cuckolded Security Man
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1
Bones and Metal
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1
Spilt Yoghurt and Pilferred Cash
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1
A Toenail and a Censorious Inspector
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1
A Kneeling Old Lady at Intercessions
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1
Animal Fat and an Encrusted Bowl
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1
A Stench of Depravity
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1
Swag under the Seat
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1
A Policeman's Helmet on the Goal-Post
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1
An Eclipse within the Mind
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1
Bleeding Feet and Shining Eyes
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1
A Lion and Clacking Sticks
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1
A Headless Statue in Nettles
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1
Love like a Cheek-Warming Log-Burner
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1
A Soul like Ripe Grain
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PART 2 A SEA WITH POTTED CRABS
A Sea with Potted Crabs
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4
Emmet-Hunters
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1
A Beatiful Harbour and an Unennobling Mess
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1
A Nightingale in an Indifferent Crowd
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2
Condemned Cell
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2
Leaves from a Horse-Chestnut
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3
A Chunk of Rock with a Fossil in It
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2
Grey-Haired Masters and Roots
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2
Principles like Medals
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1
Bacon, Eggs, Sausage and Tomato
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1
Italiano
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2
An Engineer and a Chancellor
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1
A Browning in Belsen
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1
D-Day and a Missed Reveille
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1
Mulberries like Meccano
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1
A Tasmanian in Normandy
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1
A Retreat and a Grave
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1
A Quicklime Commandant and no Interview
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1
The Night's a Pup
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1
Shouted Drinks and a French Barmaid
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1
A Closed Ladies and Shredded Cigarettes
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1
A Graveside Speech and Fallen Comrades
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1
One Coin in the Fountain
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1
A Smoker and a Hospital
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1
A Skater at the Bar
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1
Bottled Water
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1
The NAAFI and Small Bowls
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1
A Philosopher's Words and a Perfect Rose
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1
Knowledge
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1
Blue Tits and a Still Post
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1
Like Twisted Balloons
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1
A Beast in Chambers
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1
A Canon's Image and a Bushel
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1
Plenty
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2
Melancholia in the Fort
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1
A Prussian in Potsdam
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1
A Stamp-Seller and a Broken Willow
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1
Grubs in the Amber
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1
A Polish Girl in Luck
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1
A Bullfinch in the Roses
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1
No, no and a Crucifix-Paradise
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2
Providence and a Balloon
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1
A Police Car across the Road
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1
A Chipped Grand Piano
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1
Exquisite Design and a Maker
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1
Ry-bald Comments and a Lost Cheque
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3
An Important Star and a Fossil-Lady
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2
A Storm and Waving Arms
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1
Sea Men in a Hurricane
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2
A Dream-Boat and Too Much Red Wine
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1
Cloudy Wine and a Mafia Bride
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1
Des-ie and a Broken Glass
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1
An Irishman on Tour
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1
Uniformity like a Dinner Jacket
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3
Carp-Fishing and Skewered Kebab
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2
Hide and Seek
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A Total Immersion Font and a White Hart
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2
A Country Cousin Surprised
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An Internee and Dribbled Chocolate
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2
The Lady who sat Upstairs
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2
A Tower and Cobwebs like Fishermen's Nets
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1
A Conductor and a Methodist Choir
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2
Twenty-Five Years like a Banquet
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3
Ten Thousand Visitors and Quality of Life
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A Barmitzvah and a Sword
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3
A Caged Spiffler on Crag Path
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2
A Golden Touch and Bad Luck
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3
Wooden Carvings and Stunning Women
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Hand up in Church
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A Ghost at Lord's
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2
A Drowning and Tugged Apron-Strings
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3
A Jumping Darts Champion and an Exploding Camera
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2
A Tumoured Fit at Finishing School
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2
A Ten-Year-Old Horror and Chloroform
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1
A Clothes-Line and Tea
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1
A Wrong Date and a Grrrrr
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2
Tudor Carvings and a Water-Trough
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2
A Broken Arm and Flickering Lights
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3
Prancing Truth-Tellers at the Globe
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3
Ancestors and a Mizmaze
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1
Emptiness and a Pure Spirit
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1
Darling Geese and a Painful Lung
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1
A Cock-a-Doodle-Doo Watch and an Emptied Safe
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A Misographer and a Cheese Scone
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2
Nutty among the Tarrers
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A Silver Goblet and Anorexia
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2
Grey Geese and Primroses
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Wedding Guests and a Photograph
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Morphine and Tears
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4
A Still Orange-looking Sea and Blue Sky
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3
Past for the Best
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Index
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