THE SHADOW OF THE EAST



BY

E. M. HULL

1921



"_The fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children's
teeth are set on edge_."

_Ezekiel xviii 2_.




CHAPTER I


The American yacht lying off the harbour at Yokohama was
brilliantly lit from stem to stern. Between it and the shore the
reflection of the full moon glittered on the water up to the steps
of the big black landing-stage. The glamour of the eastern night
and the moonlight combined to lend enchantment to a scene that by
day is blatant and tawdry, and the countless coloured lamps
twinkling along the sea wall and dotted over the Bluff transformed