The Kingdom of Slender Swords

  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