NOVELS
SHORT STORIES
POETRY
CHILDREN'S BOOKS
The Weavers
by Gilbert Parker
— 1907 —
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
NOTE
AS THE SPIRIT MOVED
THE GATES OF THE WORLD
BANISHED
THE CALL
THE WIDER WAY
"HAST THOU NEVER KILLED A MAN?"
THE COMPACT
FOR HIS SOUL'S SAKE AND THE LAND'S SAKE
THE LETTER, THE NIGHT, AND THE WOMAN
THE FOUR WHO KNEW
AGAINST THE HOUR OF MIDNIGHT
THE JEHAD AND THE LIONS
ACHMET THE ROPEMAKER STRIKES
BEYOND THE PALE
SOOLSBY'S HAND UPON THE CURTAIN
THE DEBT AND THE ACCOUNTING
THE WOMAN OF THE CROSS-ROADS
TIME, THE IDOL-BREAKER
SHARPER THAN A SWORD
EACH AFTER HIS OWN ORDER
"THERE IS NOTHING HIDDEN WHICH SHALL NOT BE REVEALED"
AS IN A GLASS DARKLY
THE TENTS OF CUSHAN
THE QUESTIONER
THE VOICE THROUGH THE DOOR
"I OWE YOU NOTHING"
THE AWAKENING
NAHOUM TURNS THE SCREW
THE RECOIL
LACEY MOVES
THE STRUGGLE IN THE DESERT
FORTY STRIPES SAVE ONE
THE DARK INDENTURE
NAHOUM DROPS THE MASK "CLARIDGE PASHA!"
THE FLIGHT OF THE WOUNDED
"IS IT ALWAYS SO—IN LIFE?"
THE FLYING SHUTTLE
JASPER KIMBER SPEAKS
FAITH JOURNEYS TO LONDON
HYLDA SEEKS NAHOUM
IN THE LAND OF SHINAR
THE LOOM OF DESTINY
GLOSSARY