The Vermilion Pencil: A Romance of China
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CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Prologue | ||
| The Typhoon | 3 | |
| BOOK I.A WOMAN | ||
| CHAPTER | ||
| I. | In the Valley of the Fountain | 25 |
| II. | The Viceroy | 34 |
| III. | The Wife | 43 |
| BOOK II.TWO UNKNOWNS | ||
| I. | The Younger | 53 |
| BOOK III.THE BEGINNING | ||
| I. | Pro Deo et Ecclesia | 65 |
| II. | The Scholar | 72 |
| III. | Homo!Mutato! | 80 |
| IV. | A Dragon and the Grotto | 88 |
| V. | The Monsoon | 98 |
| VI. | A Gift | 111 |
| VII. | Dawn | 121 |
| VIII. | The Deluge Family | 128 |
| IX. | The Derelict | 144 |
| X. | Twilight | 155 |
| XI. | Night | 172 |
| BOOK IV.THE NEMESIS OF FATE | ||
| I. | The Wanderer | 185 |
| II. | Word from the Unknown | 198 |
| III. | Dawn Again | 205 |
| IV. | The Grotto of the Sleepless Dragon | 211 |
| V. | The Propitiation of the Gods of the Waters | 218 |
| VI. | The Propitiation of the Gods of the Waters (Continued) | 238 |
| VII. | The White Lamb and Yellow Wolf | 260 |
| VIII. | And So it Ended | 276 |
| IX. | Judgment | 291 |
| X. | A Friend | 305 |
| XI. | Eloi, Eloi, Lama Sabacthani | 314 |