1 An Adventurous Wedding Journey 2 Arrival in Bombay 3 Brig Waverleym A Century of Service 4 Silken Cord of Destiny 5 Three Fateful Letters 6 Plague in Bombay 7 Our First-born 8 The Doors Stands Ajar 9 China Callingm The Fourth Fateful Letter 10 The Mighty Yangtze 11 Our Mountaintop Home 12 Destination Changsha 13 The End of Our Journeyings 14 The Kitchen God and I 15 The City Wall Becomes Our Friend 16 Main StreetmChangsha 17 The Central Inn 18 The Great Families Become Friends 19 Drama at Our Gate 20 The End of a Busy Day 21 Yale Court of Medicine 22 Outside the City Wall 23 Hiding the Governor 24 Revolution 25 Rats and Warlords 26 Dangerous Assignment 27 Scrolls Hang in the Hall of Memory 28 A Great Harvest Epilogue Appendix Reflections of a Childhood in China