- saki xanadu acknowledgements a note on names chapter 1 : the criminal element chapter 2 : things to see and do chapter 3 : the kindness of strangers chapter 4 : tazir chapter 5 : the terms of the problem chapter 6 : retail chapter 7 : the habit and the monk chapter 8 : sredni vashtar chapter 9 : the after-effects chapter 10 : chicken hands chapter 11 : leverage chapter 12 : diplomacy chapter 13 : seduction chapter 14 : sidera errantia quibus procella tenebrarum in aeternum servata est chapter 15 : cheaters chapter 16 : another country/the wench is dead chapter 17 : it all sounds a bit silly the bit at the end the triumph of avarice chapter 1 : the criminal element `` da . ''