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in order to reap an added profit and to garner all his rice before the Hoang 

Ho rose。 

     As for myself�察�revered�察�it would be immature to hold the gauze screen 

of prevarication between your all´discerning mind and my own trepidation。 

From   the   moment   when   I   first   saw   the   expression   of   utterly   depraved 

malignity and deep´seared hate which he had cunningly engraved upon his 

face   by   means   of   the   coloured   inks�察  �I   was   far   from   being   comfortably 

settled within myself。 Even the society of the  not inelegant being of  the 

inner chamber�察�whom it was now my part to console with alluring words 

and movements�察�could not for some time retain my face from a back´way 

instinct at every sound�察�but when the detail was reached that she sank into 

my grasp bereft of all energy�察�and for the first time I was just succeeding 

in forgetting the unpropitious surroundings�察�the one Fang�察�who had entered 

with   unseemly  stealth�察  �suddenly  hurled   his   soul´freezing   battle´cry  upon 

my ear and leapt forward with uplifted knife。 Perceiving the action from 

an angle of my eye even as he propelled himself through the air�察�I could 

not   restrain   an   ignoble   wail   of   despair�察  �and   not   scrupling   to   forsake   the 

maiden�察�I would have taken refuge beneath a couch had he not seized my 

outer robe and hurled me to the ground。 From this point to the close of the 

entertainment the vigorous person in question did not cease from raising 

cries and challenges in an unfaltering and many´fathomed stream�察�while at 

the same time he continued to spring from one extremity of the stage to 

the other surrounded by every external attribute of an insatiable tiger´like 

rage。 It is circumstantially related that the one near at hand�察�who has been 

referred to as possessing a voiced machine�察�became demented�察�and bearing 



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the contrivance to a certain tent erected by the charitable�察�entreated them 

to remove the impediment from its speech so that it might be heard again 

and his livelihood restored。 When the action of brandishing a profusion of 

knives before the lesser one's eyes was reached�察�so nerve´shattering was 

the   impression   which   Fang   created   that   the   back   of   the   tent   had   to   be 

removed       in  order   to  let  out   those   who    no   longer    had   possession     of 

themselves�察     �and    to  let  in  thoseto    a  ten´fold   degreewho       strove   for 

admission on the rumour spreading that something exceptionally repellent 

was progressing within。 

     With what attenuated organs of repose this person would have reached 

the end   of so   strenuous   an   occupation   had he   been compelled to   twelve 

enactments each hour throughout the gong´strokes of the day without any 

literary relief�察�it is not enticing to dwell upon。 This evil was averted by a 

timely intervention�察�for upon proceeding to the outer air for the third time I 

at   once   perceived   among   the   foremost   throng   the   engaging   full´face   of 

William      Beveledge       Greyson。     This    really   painstaking      individual    had 

learned�察�as he afterwards explained�察�that the chiefs of exchange ��those who 

in the first case had opposed me resolutely�撮� had received a written omen�察�

and now in contrition were expressing their willingness to hold out a full 

restitution。 With this assurance he had set forth in an unremitting search�察�

and   guided   by   street´watchers�察  �removers   of   superfluous   earth�察  �families 

propelling   themselves   forward   upon   one   foot�察  �astrologers�察  �two´wheeled 

charioteers�察  �and   others   who   move   early   and   secretly   by   night�察  �he   had 

traced my description to this same Heath。 Here he had been attracted by 

the     displayed      placard     ��remembering        my     honourable       boast���察   �and 

approaching   nearer�察  �he   had   plainly   recognised   my   voice   within。   But   in 

spite    of   this  the   successful     disentanglement        was    by   no   means     yet 

accomplished。 

     Not expecting so involved a reversal of things�察�and being short´eyed 

by nature�察�William Greyson did not wait for a fuller assurance than to be 

satisfied   that   the   one   before   him   wore   my   robes   and   conformed   in   a 

general outline�察�before he addressed him。 

     ;Kong   Ho�察─  �he   said   pleasantly�察   �what   the   Chief   Evil   Spirit   are   you 

doing up there�拭─�adding persuasively�察 �Come down�察�there's a good fellow。 



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I have something important to tell you。; 

     Thus appealed to�察�the one Fang hesitated in doubt�察�seeing on the one 

hand a certain loss of face if he declined the conversation�察�and on the other 

hand having no clear perception of what was required from him。 Therefore 

he   entered   upon   a   course   of   evasion   and   somewhat   incapably   replied�察�

;Chow Chop Wei Hai Wei Lung Tung Togo Kuroki Jim Jam Beri Beri。; 

     ;Don't act the horned sheep�察─�said Beveledge�察�who was both resolute 

and   one   easily   set   into   violent   motion   by   an   opposing   stream。   ;Come 

down�察�or I'll come up and fetch you。; And not being satisfied with Fang's 

ill´advised attempt   to   express   himself   equivocally�察  �those   around   took   up 

the   apt   similitude   of   a   self´opinionated   animal�察  �and   began   to   suggest   a 

comparison to other creatures no less degraded。 

     ;Rats   yourselves� ─  �exclaimed   the   easily´inflamed   person   at   my   side�察�

losing   the   inefficient   cords   of   his   prudence   beneath   the   sting。   ;Who's   a 

rabbit�拭  �For   two   guinea´pigs   I'd   mow   all   the   grass   between   here   and   the 

Spaniards      with    your   own    left  ears�察─  �and   not   permitting     me   sufficient 

preparation   to   withhold   the   chain   more   firmly�察  �he   abruptly   cast   himself 

down among them�察�amid a scene of the most untamed confusion。 

     ;Oh�察  �affectionately´disposed   brethren�察─  �I   exclaimed�察  �moving   forward 

and raising my hand in refined disapproval�察 �the sublime Confucius�察�in the 

twenty´third   chapter   of   the   book   called   'The   Great   Learning��'   warns   us 

against;   but   before   I   could   formulate   the   allusion   Beveledge   Greyson�察�

who at the sound of my conciliatory words had gazed first in astonishment 

and   then   in   a   self´convulsed   position�察  �drew   himself   up   to   my   side�察  �and 

taking a firm grasp upon the all´round collar�察�projected me without a pause 

through the tent�察�and only halting for a moment to point significantly back 

to   the   varied   and   animated   scene   behind�察  �where�察  �amid   a   very   profuse 

display     of   contending     passions�察    �the   erected    stage   was    already    being 

dragged to the ground�察�and a band of the official watch was in the act of 

converging from every side�察�he led me through more deserted paths to the 

scene of a final extrication。 

     With a well´gratified sense of having held an unswerving course along 

the convoluted outline of Destiny's decree�察�to whatever tending。 

     KONG HO。 



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                                LETTER XIV 



       Concerning a pressing invitation from an ever benevolently´ disposed 

father   to   a   prosaic   but   dutifully´inclined   son。   The   recording   of   certain 

matters   of   no   particular   moment。   Concerning  that   ultimate   end   which   is 

symbolic of t

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