Route of the Shanghai Express -- Off in a Corner All Alone -- Relatives Met by Chance -- Bewitched -- A Typical Passenger in the Second- Class Sleeper -- Some Confusion with Regard to Status -- Middle of the Night in Third Class -- Everyone Ill at Ease -- Those Who Ask for Help Are Also Willing to Give It -- Honeyed Words -- A Bit High -- While Crossing the River at Pookow -- Wine, Women, and Song -- So, She Was a Crook! -- Soochow Again -- Translator's Afterword -- Notes to the Afterword -- A Note on the Translation.