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The draught was a bitter one for Midzuano Echizen-no kami. He thrust the death warrant into his bosom, bowed punctiliously to Gengo and Satsuma, and rose to depart, with the excuse that he must call a meeting of the Council of Elders to consider the threatened invasion of the barbarians. Gengo the chamberlain withdrew immediately afterwards, too puffed with importance to acknowledge the nod of Satsuma.
With the disappearance of the Shogun's messenger, the alarm and confusion outside the audience chamber seized upon the _hatamotos_ about us. Giving way to the terror which drove in upon them with the din of the bells and wild cries from all parts of the _yashiki_, the guardsmen flung open the screens and rushed out in a panic of fear.