MY CHINESE MARRIAGE
By M. T. F.
JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD LIMITED
LONDON MCMXXII
Printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London
TO MY CHINESE FATHER AND MOTHER
WITH THE GRATITUDE AND AFFECTION
OF THEIR AMERICAN DAUGHTER THIS
VOLUME IS DEDICATED
CHAP. | PAGE | |
I | In America | 3 |
II | In Shanghai | 49 |
III | First Daughter-in-Law | 97 |
IV | The Eternal Hills | 141 |
I
IN AMERICA
I saw Chan-King Liang for the first time on a certain Monday morning inOctober. It was the opening day of college, and the preceding week hadbeen filled with the excitement incidental to the arrival of manystudents in a small town given over to family life. Every householdpossessed of a spare room was impressed with the fact that goodcitizenship demanded that it harbour a student. Therefore, when I sawtrunks and boxes and bags being tumbled upon the front porch of ournext-door neighbour, I said to Mother,