Janet Church confronts drunken king over Lystria tax plan
Janet Church and Tommy navigate a chaotic royal scene as the king proposes a tax scheme inspired by waiters at the Mascotte. Janet corrects him on her name, vows to win the patriarch for world peace, and departs with dignity after accruing more well meaning but rambling guidance from the king and his advisers.
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Janet Church
Tommy
Casmir
Miss Temple
Calypso
Janet
Lystria
Rey
Miss 'Emple
Temple
Norheys
Norheus
Union of Christian Churches
Miss Church
Frontier
Casimir
Tommy Am
Christopher Sly
Chapter X recounts Tom and the Berlin events
The narrator asks Tom about Berlin and what he thought, noting it was easy to learn facts but hard to gauge his view. Tom calls the situation odd and mad and admits continuing without clearing things up.
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Tommy
Berlin
The Berlin Dancer Calypso and the Crowned Illusion
Tommy recalls his Berlin stay where Casimir's Shakespearean ruse and Calypso’s allure lure him into a supposed royal role. He weighs marrying a dancer thinking her just a server, while the real issue of social rank and family expectations looms. The head clerk warns of formal passport rules as Tommy faces a police check to remain.
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Tommy
Casimir
Calypso
Iimily
Eimily
Mothers’ Union
Canon Pyke
Temperance Society
Emily
Berlin
Viola Temple
Edmund Troyte
Count Casimir
Conscience Ruled Him Witness at Royal Inquiry
A witness testifying at a royal commission into alleged election bribery admitted taking 25 dollars to vote Conservative and 25 dollars to vote Liberal. When pressed on his final vote, he declared he voted according to his conscience, prompting astonished reaction from Mr Justice Matthew.
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Matthew
Vancouver Province
German police detain English cleric in Berlin affair
Tommy Norreys, posing as an Irish clergyman, is detained by Berlin police after failing to convince officials of his identity. Janet Church warns him of trouble as he confronts language barriers, a highranking alien control official, and an impossible travel ban within Germany.
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Janet Church
Janet
Tommy
Berlin
Foreign Office
T. A. Norreys
Casimir
Mascotte
Nein
Wis
Aye
Prince von Steinveldt
von Steinveldt
Wasser
Bitte Schoen
Norreys
Thomas A. Norreys
Tere
Tom
Lystria
Balkan
Germany
Strasburg
Alsace
Lorraine
Vor Steinveldt
Ausweis
Made Lonely Journey A Courageous South African Farmer
Mrs Ida Francis, a woman farmer in a remote part of South Africa, proved tenacious by driving her cattle four miles across the Kalabari desert to her son’s farm after a cercione strike and floods devastated her homestead. She faced dried water holes and rifle threats yet persevered, saving nearly all her animals.
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South Africa
Ida Francis
Kalabari
Furma
Hans
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