Contents

I.A Sudden Plunge Into Work [9]
II.“The Man with the Gentle Heart” [23]
III.The Little Chisel Attacks the Big Mountain [34]
IV.Relations with Royalty and Officials [47]
V.Lengthening Cords and Strengthening Stakes [63]
VI.Cholera Comes But the Doctor Carries On [76]
VII.Providence Changes Peril Into Privilege [101]
VIII.Siam Opens Her Doors—More Workers Enter [131]
IX.First the Dawn, Then the Daylight [156]
X.New King, New Customs, New Favours [179]
XI.Harriet Pettit House [195]
XII.Home Again, and “Home At Last” [221]
XIII.Boon Tuan Boon Itt [230]