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PO FENG HSI laid down his brush and read through his report of the case of Tung Nan Tsz as far as he had written it. Then, taking up the brush again and damping it with precisely the correct amount of ink from the slab, he proceeded.
-"The boy of the woman could not be identified at Nam Pa, owning to the departure of the husband, Tung Lai Luk, with the girl Lien Fa for an unknown destination. On arrival at Kwei Sek the body was already showing signs of a more than incipient decay, but identification was achieved through four girls from the Government silk factory, who gladly came to view the body, saying that they were gratified to see the end of their former employer.