The King in Yellow

The prophets' paradise (the jester)

"Was she fair?" I asked, but he only chuckled, listening to the bells jingling on his cap.

"Stabbed," he tittered. "Think of the long journey, the days of peril, the dreadful nights! Think how he wandered, for her sake, year after year, through hostile lands, yearning for kith and kin, yearning for her!"

"Stabbed," he tittered, listening to the bells jingling on his cap.

"Was she fair?" I asked, but he only snarled, muttering to the bells jingling on his cap.

"She kissed him at the gate," he tittered, "but in the hall his brother's welcome touched his heart."

"Was she fair?" I asked.

"Stabbed," he chuckled. "Think of the long journey, the days of peril, the dreadful nights! Think how he wandered, for her sake, year after year through hostile lands, yearning for kith and kin, yearning for her!"

"She kissed him at the gate, but in the hall his brother's welcome touched his heart."

"Was she fair?" I asked; but he only snarled, listening to the bells jingling in his cap.

Robert W. Chambers

Chapters

The repairer of reputations 1 The repairer of reputations 2 The repairer of reputations 3 The mask 1 The mask 2 The mask 3 The mask 4 In the court of the dragon The yellow sign 1 The yellow sign 2 The yellow sign 3 The demoiselle d'ys 1 The demoiselle d'ys 2 The prophets' paradise (the studio) The prophets' paradise (the phantom) The prophets' paradise (the sacrifice) The prophets' paradise (the destiny) The prophets' paradise (the throng) The prophets' paradise (the jester) The prophets' paradise (the green room) The prophets' paradise (the love test) The street of the four winds 1 The street of the four winds 2 The street of the first shell 1 The street of the first shell 2 The street of the first shell 3 The street of the first shell 4 The street of our lady of the fields 1 The street of our lady of the fields 2 The street of our lady of the fields 3 The street of our lady of the fields 4 The street of our lady of the fields 5 The street of our lady of the fields 6 Rue barree 1 Rue barree 2 Rue barree 3 Rue barree 4 Rue barree 5