Man's Fate

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Ch’en Ta Erh, a Chinese terrorist.

Kyo Gisors, half French and half Japanese, one of the organizers of the Shanghai insurrection.

Old Gisors, Kyo’s father, one-time Professor of Sociology at the University of Peking.

May Gisors, Kyo’s wife.

Baron de Clappique, a Frenchman, a dealer in antiques, opium and smuggled wares.

Katov, a Russian, one of the organizers of the insurrection.

Hemmelrich, a German, a phonograph-dealer.

Lu Yu Hsüan, his panner.

Kama, a Japanese painter, Old Gisors’ brother-in-law.

Ferral, President of the French Chamber of Commerce and head of the Franco-Asiatic Consortium.

Valerie, Ferral’s mistress.

Martial, Chief of the Shanghai Police.

Konig, Chief of Chiang Kai-shek’s Police.

Vologin, Possoz, Communist officials at Hankow.

Pei, Suan, young Chinese terrorists.

SHOULD he try to raise the mosquito-netting? Or should he strike through it? Ch’en was torn by anguish: he was sure of himself, yet at the moment he could feel nothing but bewilderment-his eyes riveted to the mass of white gauze that hung from the ceiling over a body less visible than a shadow, and from which emerged only that foot half-turned in sleep, yet living-human flesh.

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