CONTENTS

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Mala[1]
The Feast and the Reckoning[39]
Post-Mortem[57]
The Girl with the Beautiful Hair[65]
The Widower[74]
The Unfinished Game[83]
Sparkling Burgundy[104]
The Act of Heroism[120]
Some Notes on Cyrus Verd[137]
The Four-Fingered Hand[152]
The Tower[162]
The Futility of William Penarden[175]
The Pathos of the Commonplace[188]
The Night of Glory[209]
An Idyll of the Sea[222]
The Magic Rings[230]
The Unseen Power[243]
A Brisk Engagement[259]
Hasheesh[276]
The Gardener[288]
The Scent[300]