table of contents chapter one - september 1937 chapter two - same time , different place chapter three - july 1942 chapter four - a mindful farewell chapter five - september 1942 chapter six - a stranger calls chapter seven - november 1942 chapter eight - all at sea chapter nine - an innocent abroad chapter ten - new horizons chapter eleven - cafe culture chapter twelve - it takes four to tango chapter thirteen - horsing around chapter fourteen - a man of letters chapter fifteen - captivated among the captive chapter sixteen - lingua franca chapter seventeen - felice navidad chapter eighteen - a passage of time chapter nineteen - knowing the right people chapter twenty - dressed to impress chapter twenty-one - cold hands , warm heart chapter twenty-two - divine inspiration chapter twenty-three - such sweet sorrow chapter twenty-four - june 1943 chapter twenty-five - correspondence in transit chapter twenty-six - ceremonial scripture chapter twenty-seven - the empire builder chapter twenty-eight - february 1944 chapter twenty-nine - may 1944 chapter thirty - agony in paradise chapter thirty-one - capital punishment chapter thirty-two - may 1945 chapter thirty-three - a small world chapter thirty-four - fly-boy chapter thirty-five - points of view chapter thirty-six - tokyo away-day chapter thirty-seven - a lovely day chapter thirty-eight - unexpected guests chapter thirty-nine - no end in sight chapter forty - business as usual chapter forty-one - sight-seeing chapter forty-two - bon voyage chapter forty-three - road trip chapter forty-four - closing number chapter one - september 1937 however much the sun blazed down upon the hutchinson home that saturday afternoon , there was still a darkness about the house .