1 An Adventurous Wedding Journey
2 Arrival in Bombay
3 Brig Waverleym A Century of Service
4 Silken Cord of Destiny
5 Three Fateful Letters
6 Plague in Bombay
7 Our First-born
8 The Doors Stands Ajar
9 China Callingm The Fourth Fateful Letter
10 The Mighty Yangtze
11 Our Mountaintop Home
12 Destination Changsha
13 The End of Our Journeyings
14 The Kitchen God and I
15 The City Wall Becomes Our Friend
16 Main StreetmChangsha
17 The Central Inn
18 The Great Families Become Friends
19 Drama at Our Gate
20 The End of a Busy Day
21 Yale Court of Medicine
22 Outside the City Wall
23 Hiding the Governor
24 Revolution
25 Rats and Warlords
26 Dangerous Assignment
27 Scrolls Hang in the Hall of Memory
28 A Great Harvest
Epilogue
Appendix Reflections of a Childhood in China