Table of Contents
Contents
I. Master Nathaniel Chanticleer1
II. The Duke Who Laughed Himself Off a Throne and Other Traditions of Dorimare7
III. The Beginning of Trouble14
IV. Endymion Leer Prescribes for Ranulph25
V. Ranulph Goes to the Widow Gibberty's Farm36
VI. The Wind in the Crabapple Blossoms47
VII .Master Ambrose Chases a Wild Goose and Has a Vision56
VIII. Endymion Leer Looks Frightened, and a Breach Is Made in an Old
Friendship63
IX. Panic and the Silent People72
X. Hempie's Song77
XI. A Stronger Antidote Than Reason83
XII. Dame Marigold Hears the Tap of a Woodpecker87
XIII. What Master Nathaniel and Master Ambrose Found in the Guildhall95
XIV. Dead in the Eye of the Law104
XV. "Ho, Ho, Hoh!"107
XVI. The Widow Gibberty's Trial111
XVII. The World-in-Law115
XVIII. Mistress Ivy Peppercorn120
XIX. The Berries of Merciful Death129
XX. Watching the Cows133
XXI. The Old Goatherd141
XXII. Who Is Portunus?145
XXIII. The Northern Firebox and Dead Men's Tales153
XXIV. Belling the Cat159
XXV. The Law Crouches and Springs164
XXVI. "Neither Trees Nor Men"167
XXVII. The Fair in the Elfin Marches173
XXVIII. "By the Sun, Moon and Stars and the Golden Apples of the West"180
XXIX. A Message Comes to Hazel and the First Swallow to Dame Marigold183
XXX. Master Ambrose Keeps His Vow189
XXXI. The Initiate193
XXXII. Conclusion195
Biographical Timeline197