chapter one - in which curiosity plagues the parrot chapter two -involving a rather formidable tea chapter three - demonstrating how a secret between two people can not possibly last two hours chapter four - a sorry lot chapter five - when pigs fly chapter six - a grand entrance chapter seven - a day on the green chapter eight - all things newsworthy chapter nine - first impressions chapter ten - second thoughts chapter eleven - three french hens chapter twelve - the jenney 's party an interlude with lady rhodri chapter thirteen - grace billings takes up the gauntlet chapter fourteen - tuesday next chapter fifteen - selena 's tempest in a teapot chapter sixteen - the larabee 's ball another interlude with lady rhodri chapter seventeen - dramatis personae chapter eighteen - the ides of march chapter nineteen - thin ice chapter twenty - april showers chapter twenty-one - may flowers chapter twenty-two - the lottery chapter twenty-three - monday , the 27th of june , the ever fateful morning chapter twenty-four - monday , the 27th of june , the never to be forgotten luncheon chapter twenty-five - monday , the 27th of june , one to make ready and two to prepare chapter twenty-six - monday , the 27th of june , tribute to a hero chapter twenty-seven - grand farewells a final note from lady rhodri acknowledgements inspirations about mary carter contact for my friends in claremont , with fond memories of all the shows , pageants , and 'spectacles ' we staged together .