THE POINTING MAN
A Burmese Mystery
BY MARJORIE DOUIE
NEW YORK
E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY
1920
I
IN WHICH THE DESTINY THAT PLAYS WITH MEN MOVES THE PIECES ON THEBOARD
II
TELLS THE STORY OF A LOSS, AND HOW IT AFFECTED THE REV. FRANCISHEATH
III
INDICATES A STANDPOINT COMMONLY SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT THEPRINCIPLES OF THE JESUIT FATHERS
IV
INTRODUCES THE READER TO MRS. WILDER IN A SECRETIVE MOOD
V
CRAVEN JOICEY, THE BANKER, FINDS THAT HIS MEMORY IS NOT TO BETRUSTED
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TELLS HOW ATKINS EXPLAINS FACTS BY PEOPLE AND NOT PEOPLE BYFACTS, AND HOW HARTLEY, HEAD OF THE POLICE, SMELLS THE SCENT OFAPPLE ORCHARDS GROWING IN A FOOL'S PARADISE
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FINDS THE REV. FRANCIS HEATH READING GEORGE HERBERT'S POEMS, ANDLEAVES HIM PLEDGED TO A POSSIBLY COMPROMISING SILENCE
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SHOWS HOW THE CLOAK OF DARKNESS OF ONE NIGHT HIDES MANYEMOTIONS, AND MRS. WILDER IS FRANKLY INQUISITIVE
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MRS. WILDER IS PRESENTED IN A MELTING MOOD, AND DRAYCOTT WILDERIS FORCED TO RECALL THE LINES COMMENCING "A FOOL THERE WAS"
X
IN WHICH CRAVEN JOICEY IS OVERCOME BY A SUDDEN INDISPOSITION,AND HARTLEY, WITHOUT LOOKING FOR HIM, FINDS THE MAN HE WANTED
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SHOWS HOW THE "WHISPER FROM THE DAWN OF LIFE" ENABLES CORYNDONTO TAKE THE DRIFTING THREADS BETWEEN HIS FINGERS
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SHOWS HOW A MAN MAY CLIMB A HUNDRED STEPS INTO A PASSIONLESSPEACE, AND RETURN AGAIN TO A WORLD OF SMALL TORMENTS
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PUTS FORWARD THE FACT THAT A SUDDEN FRIENDSHIP NEED NOT BE BASEDUPON A SUDDEN LIKING; AND PASSES THE NIGHT UNTIL DAWN REVEALS ASHAMEFUL SECRET
XIV
TELLS HOW SHIRAZ, THE PUNJABI, ADMITTED THE FRAILTIES OFORDINARY HUMANITY, AND HOW CORYNDON ATTENDED AFTERNOON SERVICE,AND CONSIDERED THE VEXED QUESTION OF TEMPERAMENT
XV
IN WHICH THE FURTHERING OF A STRANGE COMRADESHIP IS CONTINUED,AND A BEGGAR FROM AMRITZAR CRIES IN THE STREETS OF MANGADONE
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IN WHICH LEH SHIN IS BREATHED UPON BY A JOSS AND EXPERIENCES THETERROR OF A MAN WHO TOUCHES THE VEIL BEHIND WHICH THE IMMORTALSDWELL
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TELLS HOW CORYNDON LEARNS FROM THE REV. FRANCIS HEATH WHAT THEREV. FRANCIS HEATH NEVER TOLD HIM
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THE REV. FRANCIS HEATH UNLOCKS HIS DOOR AND SHOWS WHAT LIESBEHIND
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IN WHICH LEH SHIN WHISPERS A STORY INTO THE EAR OF SHIRAZ, THEPUNJABI; THE BURDEN OF WHICH IS: "HAVE I FOUND THEE, O MINEENEMY?"
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CRAVEN JOICEY, THE BANKER, IS FACED BY A MAN WITH A WHIP IN HISHAND, AND CORYNDON FINDS A CLUE
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DEMONSTRATES THE PERSUASIVE POWER OF A KNIFE EDGE, AND TELLS ASTORY OF A GOLD LACQUER BOWL
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IN WHICH CORYNDON HOLDS THE LAST THREAD AND DRAWS IT TIGHT
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