Contents
PREFACE
I. MING TSEUEN AND THE EMERGENCY
II. THE DELICATE CASE OF MLLE. CÉLESTINE BON
III. THE DEAD MARCH
IV. A VERY BLACK BUSINESS
V. THE BUNCH OF VIOLETS
VI. REVOLUTION
VII. SMOTHERED IN CORPSES
VIII. FATE AND A FAMILY COUNCIL
IX. LUCRETIA AND THE HORSE- DOCTOR
X. THE WAR HAWKS
XI. THE GREAT HOCKINGTON FIND
XII. HAUTEPIERRE'S STAR
XIII. THE GOOSE AND THE GOLDEN EGG
XIV. THE MAKING OF MARIANNA
XV. BOBBIE AND POETIC JUSTICE
XVI. THE HEART OF THE PAGAN
XVII. ONCE IN A BLUE MOON
XVIII. THE MARQUISE RING
XIX. THE "DRAGON" OF SWAFTON
XX. THE DREAM OF WILLIAM ELGOOD
XXI. FROM A LONDON BALCONY
