Murder in Canton

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It should be noted that in China the surname — here printed in capitals — precedes the personal name

Main characters

DEE Jen-djieh  President of the Metropolitan Court, in this novel visiting Canton in the summer of 680 A.D.

CHIAO Tai  a colonel of the Imperial Guard

TAO Gan  Chief Secretary of the Court

Persons connected with the Case of the Imperial Censor

WENG Kien  Governor of Canton and the Southern Region

PAO Kwan  Prefect of Canton

LEW Tao-ming  Imperial Censor

Dr SOO  his adviser

Persons connected with the Case of the Smaragdine Dancer

Zumurrud  an Arab dancing girl

Mansur  leader of the Arab community in Canton

LIANG Foo  a famous financier

YAU Tai-kai  a wealthy merchant

Persons connected with the Case of the Secret Lovers

Lan-lee  a blind girl

NEE  a sea captain

Dunyazad, Dananir  slave-girls

The two men standing at the corner of the custom-house silently watched the long, dreary waterfront. The elder's thin, angular frame was wrapped from head to feet in an old goatskin caftan. The other, a burly, handsome man in his late forties, was clad in a patched brown gown and jacket. While they were standing there, the hot, clammy mist changed into a warm drizzle that wetted the worn velvet of their black caps. The still air was very close, for although it was late in the afternoon already, there was no sign yet of a cooling evening breeze.

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