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"Yes, Excellency," said Davidson in his placid voice; "there are more dead in this affair -- more white people, I mean -- than have been killed in many of the battles in the last Achin war. "
Davidson was talking with an Excellency, because what was alluded to in conversation as "the mystery of Samburan" had caused such a sensation in the Archipelago that even those in the highest spheres were anxious to hear something at first hand. Davidson had been summoned to an audience. It was a high official on his tour.