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A Lover in a Box Aboard the Grand Transasiatic
Special correspondent Bombarnac reveals a Roumanian lover named Kinko concealed in a packing case on a long Central Asia train. Bombarnac vows to aid him to Pekin to marry Zinca Klerk, while navigating Mongol travelers, Turkish routes, and station perils.
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Merv
Uzan Ada
Noltus
Popof
Yen Lou
Pekin
Grand Transasiatic
Douchak
Persia
Faraskiar
Old Merv
Tchardjous
Bokhara
Samarkand
Tie- King
Ghangir
Central Asia
Pan Chao
Turkestan
Ki-Tsang
Europe
Yunnan
Ki- Tsang
Faruskiar
Tamerlane
Zarafhane
Sogd
Claudius Bombarnac
Monsieur Bombarnac
Providence
Kinko
Roumanian
Bucharest
France
Paris
Faubourg Saint Antoine
Mademoiselle Zinca Klerk
Monsieur
China
Tiflis
Zinca
Caspian
Kadigar