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THE palace was as large as any that Shattuck had ever seen--courtyard after courtyard and all of these guarded by soldiers. He was a prisoner. He had no doubt about that as he followed the lead of the executioner back into the far interior of the palace. Very wonderful! Painted and gilded rafters, jade and porcelain, vast old carpets of yellow and black, plum-color and mountain-blue, silk hangings.
-"The honorable ambassador will drink tea with me--after his refreshing bath," said General Yu, and he was gone with the members of his staff.