The Time We Have Taken

Contents 1970 Part One Summer 1. The Birth of an Idea 2. Rita's Day Begins 3. Vic's Day Begins: the Rabbit, the Field and the Obserer 4. Mrs Webster at Work 5. A Formal Gathering on the Balcony 6. Mrs Webster at Home 7. Vic's Round 8. An Ordinary Morning 9. The Story of Old Dresses 10. Life Turns Another Page 11. The Search for a Key Term Part Two Autumn 12. Introducing Pussy Cat and Bunny Rabbit 13. Lurch 14. A Letter is Written 15. The Search for a Crowning Event 16. The Guitar and the Decade 17. The Letter is Received 18. The Arrival of Speed 19. Madeline on the Old Street 20 Perfume (1) 21. Vic's Detour 22. Perfume (2) 23. The Artist Meets His Wall 24. Paths That Cross and Uncross Part Three Winter 25. Pussy Cat and Bunny Rabbit Copulate, then Talk Afterwards 26. Rita Begins Webster's Museum 27. At the Pub Window 28. How Terribly Strange to be Seventy 29. The Discovery of Speed (1) 30. An Unfashionable Jealousy 31. Sitting for Immortality 32. Bunny Rabbit Eyes the Horizon 33. Vic Eyes the Horizon 34. Speed and After 35. Let It Be 36. Rita Observes Webster's People 37. A Passing Visit 38. The Last Day of Winter Part Four Spring 39. The Invention of Death 40. Confessional 41. An Unmarked Grave 42. The Farewell Party 43. The Mountain of Whitlam Comes to Centenary Suburb 44. The Moving Hnad 45. The Discovery of Speed (2) 46. The Art of the Engine Driver 47. The Last of Madeline 48. The Unveiling of the Crowning Event 49. The Sale of a Factory, the Sale of a House Part Five Envoi 50. The Time We Have Taken Acknowledgments