THE RONIN
Published by Tuttle Publishing, an imprint of Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd.,
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Copyright © 1968 William Dale Jennings
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ISBN: 978-1-4629-0320-7 (ebook)
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WARD
Table of Contents
| I | A great rustling behind him…. | 13 |
| II | Watching from the shadows…. | 19 |
| III | The honor of being chosen…. | 25 |
| IV | The gifts of hate…. | 31 |
| V | A small extravagance…. | 37 |
| VI | The inevitable flaw…. | 43 |
| VII | Patterns on the pond…. | 47 |
| VIII | Softly, do not wake the child…. | 51 |
| IX | These splendid sins…. | 57 |
| X | The white fist of fortune…. | 63 |
| XI | A delicious tilt of her head…. | 69 |
| XII | The wave-tossed man…. | 77 |
| XIII | Instructions to a dead samurai…. | 81 |
| XIV | Rage and adoration…. | 87 |
| XV | Matriculation…. | 93 |
| XVI | The jackass who is my teacher…. | 99 |
| XVII | Four feet of bamboo…. | 105 |
| XVIII | The interruption…. | 111 |
| XIX | The journey through Hell with a torch…. | 117 |
| XX | The visiting hour for prisoners…. | 123 |
| XXI | Chaos and the painted tree…. | 129 |
| XXII | A navel for the Gut of Wrath…. | 133 |
| XXIII | One more holy showman…. | 139 |
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