The Kingdom of Slender Swords
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I WHERE THE DAY BEGINS 1
II "THE ROOST" 13
III THE LAND OF THE GODS 27
IV UNDER THE RED SUNSET 42
V THE MAKER OF BUDDHAS 52
VI THE BAYING OF THE WOLF-HOUND 62
VII DOCTOR BERSONIN 72
VIII "SALLY IN OUR ALLEY" 78
IX THE WEB OF THE SPIDER 86
X IN A GARDEN OF DREAMS 92
XI ISHIKICHI 101
XII IN THE STREET-OF-PRAYER-TO-THE-GODS 107
XIII THE WHORLS OF YELLOW DUST 113
XIV WHEN BARBARA AWOKE 119
XV A FACE IN THE CROWD 125
XVI "BANZAI NIPPON!" 133
XVII A SILENT UNDERSTANDING 142
XVIII IN THE BAMBOO LANE 149
XIX THE BISHOP ASKS A QUESTION 154
XX THE TRESPASSER 160
XXI THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD 169
XXII THE DANCE OF THE CAPITAL 181
XXIII THE DEVIL PIPES TO HIS OWN 194
XXIV A MAN NAMED WARE 198
XXV AT THE SHRINE OF THE FOX-GOD 206
XXVI THE NIGHTLESS CITY 213
XXVII LIKE THE WHISPER OF A BAT'S WINGS 224
XXVIII THE FORGOTTEN MAN 233
XXIX DAUNT LISTENS TO A SONG 244
XXX THE ISLAND OF ENCHANTMENT 252
XXXI THE COMING OF AUSTEN WARE 266
XXXII THE WOMAN OF SOREK 276
XXXIII THE FLIGHT 284
XXXIV ON THE KNEES OF DELILAH 288
XXXV WHEN A WOMAN DREAMS 292
XXXVI BEHIND THE SHIKIRI 297
XXXVII [Japanese: Donto] 303
XXXVIII THE LADY OF THE MANY-COLORED FIRES 308
XXXIX THE HEART OF BARBARA 320
XL THE SHADOW OF A TO-MORROW 326
XLI UNFORGOT 334
XLII PHIL MAKES AN APPEAL 338
XLIII THE SECRET THE RIVER KEPT 345
XLIV THE LAYING OF THE MINE 353
XLV THE BISHOP ANSWERS A SUMMONS 360
XLVI THE GOLDEN CRUCIFIX 366
XLVII "IF THIS BE FORGETTING" 371
XLVIII WHILE THE CITY SLEPT 379
XLIX THE ALARM 389
L WHOM THE GODS DESTROY 396
LI THE LAUGH 401
LII THE VOICE IN THE DARK 409
LIII A RACE WITH DAWN 414
LIV INTO THE SUNLIGHT 425
LV KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS 428
THE KINGDOM OF SLENDER SWORDS