["'EVERYTHING IS CORRECT,' HE WHISPERED"]
["SHE LOOKED UP IN AN AGONY OF SUSPENSE"]
["KEA TRIED ON ALL HER THINGS"]
["A STRANGE PROCESSION BEGAN SLOWLY TO DESCEND"]
["THE BAMBOO BENT OMINOUSLY DOWN"]
["WE RODE AT FULL SPEED IN BREATHLESS HASTE"]
(Two "dropcap" illustrations at beginning of chapter are not included here, M.D.)