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Train peril and frontier delays on the Silk Road
The narrator and fellow travelers endure a delayed, tense journey as a broken coupling prompts a backward run to recover a missing van. Koruskiar and other figures clash with Chinese officials at Kachgar, while Major Noltitz and a keen observer seek to verify safety and uncover a possible fraud amid frontier scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yen Lou
Koruskiar
Pogo
Varuskiar
Cnat
Maruskiar
Ghangir
Nobita
Mongolia
Kachgar
Chinese Turkestan
Kinko
Chambery
King
Fulk Ephrindt
Horatia Bluett
Francis Trevellyan
Mothonieas
Farushair Acsuupanind
Qhangir
Caterna
Conaul
Pekin
Nathaniel Morse
Hoston
Howe
Pao Chao
Tie-King
Noltitz
France Trevellyan
Keeks
Ghan Wir
Bin
Farusk Ar Anying
Qrand Transacratic
Faraskiar Allis
Russian Turkestan
Ki-Tasng
Major Nostitz
Raven
Custom House
Rink
Cer
Noltite
Biss