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barriers and indiscriminately sweeps away all those who are so ill´advised 

as to dwell within reach of its malignant influence。 From time to time wars 

and insurrections are found to be necessary�察�and no matter how morally´ 

intentioned      and    humanely      conducted�察    �they    necessarily     result   in  the 

violation�察   �dismemberment         or  extirpation    of  many   thousand       polite  and 

dispassionate   persons   who   have   no   concern   with   either   side。   Towns   are 

repeatedly consumed by fire�察�districts scourged by leprosy�察�and provinces 

swept by famine。 The storms are admittedly more fatal than elsewhere�察�the 

thunderbolts larger�察�more numerous�察�and all unerringly directed�察�while the 

extremities of heat and cold render life really uncongenial for the greater 

part of each year。 The poor�察�having no money to secure justice�察�are evilly 

used�察  �whereas   the   wealthy�察  �having   too   much�察  �are   assailed   legally  by   the 

gross and powerful for the purpose of extorting their riches。 Robbers and 

assassins lurk in every cave�察�vast hoards of pirates blacken the surface of 

every river�察�and mandarins of the nine degrees must make a livelihood by 

some means or other。 By day�察�therefore�察�it is inadvisable to go forth and 

encounter human beings�察�while none but the shallow´headed would risk a 

meeting with the countless demons and vampires which move by night。 To 

one    who    has   spent   many   moons      among     these   foreign    apparitions    the 

absence of drains�察�roads�察�illustrated message´parchments�察�maidens whose 

voices may be heard protesting upon ringing a wire�察�loaves of conflicting 

dimensions�察       �persons     who     strive    to   put    their   faces    upon     every 

advertisement�察  �pens   which   emit   fountains   when   carried   in   the   pocket�察  �a 

profusion   of   make´strong   foods�察  �and   an   Encyclopaedia   Mongolia�察  �may 

undoubtedly   be   mentioned   as   constituting   a   material   deficiency。  Affairs 

are not being altogether reputably conducted during the crisis�察�it can never 

be quite definitely asserted what the next action of the versatile and high´ 

spirited Dowager Empress will be�察�and here it is freely contended that the 

Pure   and   Immortal   Empire   is   incapable   of   remaining   in   one   piece   for 

much longer。 These�察�and other inconveniences of a like nature�察�which the 

fastidious might distort into actual hardships�察�have never been denied�察�yet 



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at no period of the nine thousand years of our civilisation has it been the 

custom to lure out the unwary�察�on the plea of an agreeable entertainment�察�

and     then    to   abandon      him    into   the   society    of   eleven     club´bearing 

adversaries�察�one of whom may be depicted as in the act of imparting an 

unnecessary polish to the edge of his already preternaturally acute weapon�察�

while  those   of   his   own   band   offer  no   protection�察  �and   three   tiers   of   very 

richly´dressed   maidens   encourage   him   to   his   fate   by   refined   gestures   of 

approval。 

     Doubtless this person had unconsciously allowed his inner meditations 

to carry him away�察�as it may be expressed�察�for when he emerged from this 

strain   of   reverie   it   was   to   discover   himself   in   the   chariot´road   andso 

incongruously   may   be   the   actions   when   the   controlling   intelligence   is 

withdrawneven proceeding at a somewhat undignified pace in a direction 

immediately  opposed   to   an   encounter   with   the brown   locusts。  From  this 

mortifying position he was happily saved by emerging from these thought´ 

dreams before it was too late to return�察�and�察�also�察�if the detail is not too 

insignificant to be related�察�by the fact that certain chosen runners from his 

own company had reached a point in the road before him�察�and now stood 

joining   their   outstretched   arms   across   the   passage   and   raising   gravity´ 

dispelling   cries。  Smiling acquiescently�察 �therefore�察 �this   person   returned   in 

their    midst�察  �and    receiving    a  new    weapon�察     �his  own    club   having     been 

absent´mindedly mislaid�察�he again set forth warily to the encounter。 

     Yet   in   this  he   did   not  altogether   neglect   a   discreet   prudence。   The 

sympathetic person to whom he was indebted for the pointed allusion had 

specifically   declared       that  they   who     used   their   feet  with   the   desperate 

savagery of baffled spectres guarded the nearer limits of their position�察�the 

intention of his timely hint assuredly being that I should seek to approach 

from      the   opposite      end�察   �where�察    �doubtless�察    �the    more     humane      and 

conciliatory grass´hoppers were assembled。 Thus guided I now set forth in 

a widely´circuitous direction�察�having the point where I meant to open an 

attack   clearly   before   my   eyes�察  �yet   seeking   to   deliver   a   more   effective 

onslaught      by   reaching     it  to  some    extent   unperceived       and   to  this  end 

creeping       forward     in   the   protecting     shadow      of   the   long    grass   and 

untrimmed herbage。 



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     Whether the one already referred to had incapably failed to express his 

real   meaning�察  �or   whether   he   was   tremulous   by   nature   and   inordinately 

self´deficient�察     �concerns     the   narration    less   than    the   fact  that   he   had 

admittedly produced a state of things largely in excess of the actual。 There 

is   no   longer   any   serviceable   pretext   for   maintaining   that   those   guarding 

any point of their position were other than mild and benevolent�察�while the 

only   edged   weapon   displayed   was   one   courteously   produced   to   aid   this 

person's ineffectual struggles to extricate himself when�察�by some obscure 

movement�察�he had most ignobly entangled his pigtail about the claws of 

his sandal。 

     Ignorant of this�察 �the true state of things�察 �I was   still advancing   subtly 

when   one   wearing   the   emblems   of   our   band   appeared   from   among   the 

brown insects and came towards me。 ;Courage� ─�I exclaimed in a guarded 

tone�察�raising my head cautiously and rejoiced to find that I should not be 

alone。   ;Here   is   one   clad   in   green   bearing   succour�察  �who   will�察  �moreover�察�

obstinately defend his stumps to the last extremity。; 

     ;That's right�察─�replied the opportune person agreeably�察 �we need a few 

like that。 But do get up on your hind legs and come along�察�there's a good 

fellow。   You   can   play   at   bears   in   the   nursery   when   we   get   back�察  �if   you 

want。; 

     Certainly      one   can   simulate     the   movements       of   wild   animals     in  a 

market´garden   if   the   impersonation   is   thought   to   be   desirable�察  �yet   the 

reasonable analogy of the saying is elusive in the extreme�察�and I followed 

the   ally   who   had   thus   betrayed   my   presence   with   a   deep´set   misgiving 

although in the absence of a more trustworthy guide�察�and in the suspicion 

that   some   point   of   my   every   ordinary   strategy   had   been   inept�察  �I   was 

compelled to mould myself identically into his advice。 

     Scarcely had he left me�察�and I was endeavouring to dispel any idea of 

treachery towards those about by actions of graceful courtesy�察�when one 

unworthy of burialstanding a score of paces distant�察。�to whom�察�indeed�察�

this person was at the moment bowing with almost passionate vehemence�察�

inspired   by   the   conviction   that   he�察  �for   his   part�察  �was   engaged   in   a   like 

attention�撮�   suddenly   cast   a   mis

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