Kai Lung Raises His Voice – Ernest Bramah (1)

Quick as the movement was, rumour had gone before and at the barrier of his outer door a surging throng was pressing. Many of these applauded Li Pao as he passed through, though without understanding who he was or what part he had in the entertainment for which they deemed they had gathered. As they went up the narrow stair the melodious voice of the one on guard could be heard chanting an appropriate ballad of love and war, and they saw that she had laid aside the cleaving blade and was repairing Pao’s scanty footwear to pass the time in thrift, but otherwise everything was as he had left it.

“Li Pao,” declared the over-captain when he had looked into Ng-ho’s unsightly face and suitably expressed his contempt for that one’s prowess, “you have made good your claim and in due course — provided nothing untoward steps in — you will doubt- less be agreeably surprised by the bestowal of an adequate recognition. Whether this should take the form of an official degree, a pink-lined chair, some mark of honour appended to your worthy if no-longer-among-us father’s distinguished name, or the graciously-conveyed permission to cover your own hands with feather-trimmed gloves, it might be presump- tuous to conjecture.”

“Tf,” said an assertive voice — for the room was now filled with any who would, thrust upwards by the others — “if you are that Li Pao whose unread themes are to be found in the two-cash receptacles of all the discarded printed-leaf dealers of the city, a more solid reward awaits you. Obscure and ill- paid today, tomorrow you will find your commonplace name will be in every mouth and — for no logical reason, let it be freely said — countless thousands will hasten to buy your ne- glected essays.

He who speaks thus definitely is ‘Long Ear’ of Li Pao, Lucky Star AND THE INTRUDING STRANGER the “This Person Told You So’ paragraphs in the Tang Whang Daily Heaven-sent Leaf of Truth, who will be among the first to resound your achievement. When you have become a ‘most wanted’ and have anything exclusive to make known, do not forget the debt of this obligation.” “Restrain your facile brush,” besought Pao, “and let a moist sponge be drawn across the tablets of your veracious memory.

By the Same Author Tue WaLLeErT oF Kar LuNG Kat Lunc’s GOLDEN Hours Kar Lune BENEATH THE MULBERRY TREE Kar Lunc Unrouis His Mat Tue Moon or MucH GLADNESS Kar Lune: S1x Tue Mirror oF Konc Ho Kai Lung Raises His Voice by ERNEST BRAMAH First published by Durrant Publishing, 2010 ISBN 978-1-Q05Q94.0-10-5 The following six stories first appeared in Punch: Lam-hoo and the Reward of Merit Chung Pun and the Miraculous Peacocks Yuen Yang and the Empty Lo-Chee Crate Sing Tsung and the Exponent of Dark Magic Kwey Chao and the Grateful Song Bird Li Pao, Lucky Star and the Intruding Stranger Copyright © 1940, 1941 Punch Limited.

One story first appeared in The Specimen Case: Ming ‘Tseuen and the Emergency Copyright © 1924 William Charlton The r blis 2 “| LANCASHIRE COUNTY)“ The LIBRARY The The 3011812074439 0 Copyri; 20-Jan-2011 The rig £8.99 ed as the Suptig® af the above works } hereby meacrteyt | Preface Copyright © 2010 William Charlton All rights reserved. Printed and Bound by Lightning Source Durrant Publishing is a trading name of Durrant Software Limited, 82 Earlham Road, Norwich, nr2 3HA Contents Beate a we ee RS EME vii The Subtlety of Kang Chieng aa Sirota OM eae eae ice, I Ming Tsevien and the Emergency 2…

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……… 86 The Cupidity of Ah Pak…… Ps SO Oe 101 The Romance of Kwang the Fruit Gatherer ………. 140 The Destiny of Cheng, the Son of Sha-kien……….. 182 lopli Ati Wyte lin Usha wee cea cris waist meter e 224 ) ; #. – ae ree an % oe ee E 3 – ites, 2D 7 j ; ” pepe Pt : ” ware. re ; a ek ro ee By a wie oate tine ‘ it Ws Ais ete 7 ey we!

– baie spester of : y . is atte’ ; oar Preface Bramah. A master at my preparatory school introduced me to Kai Lung, and my mother, who liked detective stories, put Max Carrados into my hands. When I was doing my National Service I obtained from Betram Rota the four Richards col- lections of Kai Lung stories in beautiful uniform bindings by Riviere; and they, along with eight volumes of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, helped me through two years of extremely inactive service.

In 1994 I retired from teaching philosophy in Scotland — I liked the teaching but was homesick for England — and thought I might occupy my empty time with work on Bramah.

This is a short excerpt from the opening of “” by Unknown, quoted for review and introduction purposes. All rights belong to the copyright holders.

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