Jolly was tired to death of dreams. They had left him now too wan and weak to dream again; left him to lie torpid, faintly remembering far-off things; just able to turn his eyes and gaze through the window near his cot at the trickle of river running by in the sands, at the straggling milk-bush of the Karoo beyond. He knew what the Karoo was now, even if he had not seen a Boer roll over like a rabbit, or heard the whine of flying bullets. This pestilence had sneaked on him before he had smelled powder. A thirsty day and a rash drink, or perhaps a tainted fruit--who knew? Not he, who had not even strength left to grudge the evil thing its victory--just enough to know that there were many lying here with him, that he was sore with frenzied dreaming; just enough to watch that thread of river and be able to remember faintly those far-away things....
       The sun was nearly down. It would be cooler soon. He would have liked to know the time--to feel his old watch, so butter-smooth, to hear the repeater strike. It would have been friendly, home-like. He had not even strength to remember that the old watch was last wound the day he began to lie here. The pulse of his brain beat so feebly that faces which came and went, nurse's, doctor's, orderly's, were indistinguishable, just one indifferent face; and the words spoken about him meant all the same thing, and that almost nothing. Those things he used to do, though far and faint, were more distinct--walking past the foot of the old steps at Harrow 'bill'--'Here, sir! Here, sir!'--wrapping boots in the Westminster Gazette, greenish paper, shining boots--grandfather coming from somewhere dark--a smell of earth--the mushroom house! Robin Hill! Burying poor old Balthasar in the leaves! Dad! Home....
       Consciousness came again with noticing that the river had no water in it--someone was speaking too. Want anything? No. What could one want? Too weak to want--only to hear his watch strike....
       Holly! She wouldn't bowl properly. Oh! Pitch them up! Not sneaks!... 'Back her, Two and Bow!' He was Two!... Consciousness came once more with a sense of the violet dusk outside, and a rising blood-red crescent moon. His eyes rested on it fascinated; in the long minutes of brain-nothingness it went moving up and up....
       "He's going, doctor!" Not pack boots again? Never? 'Mind your form, Two!' Don't cry! Go quietly--over the river--sleep!... Dark? If somebody would--strike--his--watch!...

Preface
part i
   Chapter I. 'At Home' at Old Jolyon's
   Chapter II. Old Jolyon Goes to the Opera
   Chapter III. Dinner at Swithin's
   Chapter IV. Projection of the House
   Chapter V. A Forsyte Menage
   Chapter VI. James at Large
   Chapter VII. Old Jolyon's Peccadillo
   Chapter VIII. Plans of the House
   Chapter IX. Death of Aunt Ann
part ii
   Chapter I. Progress of the House
   Chapter II. June's Treat
   Chapter III. Drive With Swithin
   Chapter IV. James Goes to See for Himself
   Chapter V. Soames and Bosinney Correspond
   Chapter VI. Old Jolyon at the Zoo
   Chapter VII. Afternoon at Timothy's
   Chapter VIII. DAnce at Roger's
   Chapter IX. Evening at Richmond
   Chapter X. Diagnosis of a Forsyte
   Chapter XI. Bosinney on Parole
   Chapter XII. June Pays Some Calls
   Chapter XIII. Perfection of the House
   Chapter XIV. Soames Sits on the Stairs
part iii
   Chapter I. Mrs. MacAnder's Evidence
   Chapter II. Night in the Park
   Chapter III. Meeting at the Botanical
   Chapter IV. Voyage Into the Inferno
   Chapter V. The Trial
   Chapter VI. Soames Breaks the News
   Chapter VII. June's Victory
   Chapter VIII. Bosinney's Departure
   Chapter IX. Irene's Return
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter I. At Timothy's
Chapter II. Exit a Man of the World
Chapter III. Soames Prepares to Take Steps
Chapter IV. Soho
Chapter V. James Sees Visions
Chapter VI. No-Longer-Young Jolyon at Home
Chapter VII. The Colt and the Filly
Chapter VIII. Jolyon Prosecutes Trusteeship
Chapter IX. Val Hears the News
Chapter X. Soames Entertains the Future
Chapter XI. And Visits the Past
Chapter XII. On Forsyte 'Change
Chapter XIII. Jolyon Finds Out Where He Is
Chapter XIV. Soames Discovers What He Wants
Chapter I. The Third Generation
Chapter II. Soames Puts It to the Touch
Chapter III. Visit to Irene
Chapter IV. Where Forsytes Fear to Tread
Chapter V. Jolly Sits in Judgment
Chapter VI. Jolyon in Two Minds
Chapter VII. Dartie Versus Dartie
Chapter VIII. The Challenge
Chapter IX. Dinner at James'
Chapter X. Death of the Dog Balthasar
Chapter XI. Timothy Stays the Rot
Chapter XII. Progress of the Chase
Chapter XIII. 'Here We Are Again!'
Chapter XIV. Outlandish Night
Chapter I. Soames in Paris
Chapter II. In the Web
Chapter III. Richmond Park
Chapter IV. Over the River
Chapter V. Soames Acts
Chapter VI. A Summer Day
Chapter VII. A Summer Night
Chapter VIII. James in Waiting
Chapter IX. Out of the Web
Chapter X. Passing of an Age
Chapter XI. Suspended Animation
Chapter XII. Birth of a Forsyte
Chapter XIII. James is Told
Chapter XIV. His
Awakening
Chapter I. Encounter
Chapter II. Fine Fleur Forsyte
Chapter III. At Robin Hill
Chapter IV. The Mausoleum
Chapter V. The Native Heath
Chapter VI. Jon
Chapter VII. Fleur
Chapter VIII. Idyll on Grass
Chapter IX. Goya
Chapter X. Trio
Chapter XI. Duet
Chapter XII. Caprice
Chapter I. Mother and Son
Chapter II. Fathers and Daughters
Chapter III. Meetings
Chapter IV. In Green Street
Chapter V. Purely Forsyte Affairs
Chapter VI. Soames' Private Life
Chapter VII. June Takes a Hand
Chapter VIII. The Bit Between the Teeth
Chapter IX. The Fat in the Fire
Chapter X. Decision
Chapter XI. Timothy Prophesies
Chapter I. Old Jolyon Walks
Chapter II. Confession
Chapter III. Irene
Chapter IV. Soames Cogitates
Chapter V. The Fixed Idea
Chapter VI. Desperate
Chapter VII. Embassy
Chapter VIII. The Dark Tune
Chapter IX. Under the Oak-Tree
Chapter X. Fleur's Wedding
Chapter XI. The Last of the Old Forsytes