The Orchard of Tears. Sax Rohmer
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Sax Rohmer
The Orchard of Tears
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4057664611604
Table of Contents
TO THE SLAVES OF THE POMEGRANATE,
SONS OF ADAM AND DAUGHTERS OF EVE,
WHO DRINK AT THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE,
THIS CHALICE IS OFFERED AS A LOVING-CUP.
THE ORCHARD OF TEARS
PART FIRST
AT LOWER CHARLESWOOD
I
It was high noon of a perfect summer's day. Beneath green sun blinds, upon the terrace overlooking the lawns, Paul Mario, having finished his lunch, lay back against the cushions of a white deck-chair and studied the prospect. Sloping turf, rose-gay paths, and lichened brick steps, hollowed with age, zigzagging leisurely down to the fir avenue, carried the eye onward again to where