Preface

THE BROKEN ROAD

BY A.E.W. MASON

AUTHOR OF"FOUR FEATHERS,""THE TRUANTS,""RUNNING WATER,"ETC.

1907

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. THE BREAKING OF THE ROAD

II. INSIDE THE FORT

III. LINFORTH'S DEATH

IV. LUFFE LOOKS FORWARD

V. A MAGAZINE ARTICLE

VI. A LONG WALK

VII. IN THE DAUPHINÉ

VIII. A STRING OF PEARLS

IX. LUFFE IS REMEMBERED

X. AN UNANSWERED QUESTION

XI. AT THE GATE OF LAHORE

XII. ON THE POLO-GROUND

XIII. THE INVIDIOUS BAR

XIV. IN THE COURTYARD

XV. A QUESTION ANSWERED

XVI. SHERE ALI MEETS AN OLD FRIEND

XVII. NEWS FROM MECCA

XVIII. SYBIL LINFORTH'S LOYALTY

XIX. A GIFT MISUNDERSTOOD

XX. THE SOLDIER AND THE JEW

XXI. SHERE ALI IS CLAIMED BY CHILTISTAN

XXII. THE CASTING OF THE DIE

XXIII. SHERE ALI'S PILGRIMAGE

XXIV. NEWS FROM AJMERE

XXV. IN THE ROSE GARDEN

XXVI. THE BREAKING OF THE PITCHER

XXVII. an ARRESTED CONFESSION

XXVIII. THE THIEF

XXIX. MRS. OLIVER RIDES THROUGH PESHAWUR

XXX. THE NEEDED IMPLEMENT

XXXI. AN OLD TOMB AND A NEW SHRINE

XXXII. SURPRISES FOR CAPTAIN PHILLIPS

XXXIII. IN THE RESIDENCY

XXXIV. ONE OF THE LITTLE WARS

XXXV. A LETTER FROM VIOLET

XXXVI."THE LITTLE LESS—"