CONTENTS

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Foreword[ix]
I.Saint Dympna’s Miracle[3]
II.Love in a Barge[19]
III.The Odyssey of Mr. Solslog[29]
IV.Figures of the Dance[46]
V.The Saviour of Mont César[61]
VI.Ghosts[86]
VII.The Deserter[96]
VIII.The Glory of Tinarloo[114]
IX.A Flemish Fancy[122]
X.The Swallows of Diest[135]
XI.Pensioners[148]
XII.Doña Quixote[160]
XIII.In the Street of the Spy[167]
XIV.The White Island—A Story of the Dardanelles [176]

TALES FROM A FAMISHED LAND