C’est un ordre des dieux qui jamais ne se rompt,

De nous vendre un peu cher les grands biens qu’ils nous font.—Corneille

CONTENTS

I THE PRINCE
CHAPTER ONE: FOG,[3]
CHAPTER TWO: THE AMAZING CUSTOMER,[20]
CHAPTER THREE: FATE BEGINS TO PLAY HER CARDS,[27]
CHAPTER FOUR: THE FOOTBALL OF THE INDIAN OCEAN,[37]
CHAPTER FIVE: THE SKIPPING GOONE GETS A MASTER,[42]
CHAPTER SIX: STEALING THE THUNDER FROM IRMENGARDE,[53]
CHAPTER SEVEN: LIKE THE BARQUE OF CLEOPATRA,[63]
II LILI
CHAPTER EIGHT: THE AWAKENING,[75]
CHAPTER NINE: LOVE ON A SCHOONER—,[85]
CHAPTER TEN: —AND ELSEWHERE,[91]
III “CURLY LOCKS, CURLY LOCKS”
CHAPTER ELEVEN: HONEYMOON,[101]
CHAPTER TWELVE: A TOUGH OLD BIRD AND THE KEY OF PARADISE,[108]
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: THE WHITE KAMI,[112]
IV STRATAGEM
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: UTTERBOURNE NARROWS HIS EYES,[123]
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: THE ANCIENT URGE,[130]
CHAPTER SIXTEEN: AFTER A FASHION—AND NO LICENSE REQUIRED,[135]
V THE PIPE
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: COBWEBS,[147]
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: THE QUARREL,[154]
CHAPTER NINETEEN: THE DINNER THAT NEVER WAS EATEN,[161]
VI THE MASCOT
CHAPTER TWENTY: A FEW UPS AND A LOT OF DOWNS,[167]
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: MERRY-GO-ROUND,[174]
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: AT DAWN IN THE CHINA SEA,[180]
VII THE MYTH
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: WHOM THE POPPY CAPTURES,[187]
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: BITTER COMFORT,[199]
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: RENDEZVOUS,[203]
VIII THE FLAMING WOUND
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX: AN IMPRESARIO TUNES UP HIS PRIZE FOR BIG MONEY,[215]
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN: THE FLYING MOOR,[220]
IX DREGS
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT: EXALTATION,[231]
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE: AVALANCHE,[236]
X THE STAR OF TROY
CHAPTER THIRTY: CYNICS,[247]
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE: THE MAP OF THE WORLD AGAIN,[257]
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO: NEWS,[265]
XI THE WHEEL TURNS ON
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE: A GRAVE WITH FLOWERS IN THE JUNGLE,[275]
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR: PITCHERS AND STARS,[289]
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE: “PUT NOT YOUR TRUST IN PRINCES,”[300]
CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX: WEDDING BELLS IN THE OFFING,[312]

I
THE PRINCE