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CONTENTS

PART I

THE LION OF STARGOROD

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I.		BEZENCHUK AND 'THE NYMPHS'	1
II.		THE DEATH OF MADAM PETUKHOV	9
III.		THE MIRROR OF SIN	16
IV.		THE MUSE OF DISTANT JOURNEYS	22
V.		THE GREAT SCHEMER	25
VI.		DIAMOND DREAMS	33
VII.		TRACES OF THE 'TITANIC'	38
VIII.		A NERVOUS THIEF	42
IX.		WHERE ARE YOUR LOCKS	51
X.		A LOCKSMITH, A PARROT, AND A FOR­TUNE-TELLER	57
XI.		THE ALPHABET OF 'THE MIRROR OF LIFE'	65
XII.		A PASSIONATE WOMAN—A POET'S DREAM	77
XIII.		MAY DAY	89
XIV.		THE SECRET UNION OF THE SWORD AND PLOUGH	90