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After
resting
in
an
inn
for
several
days
,
during
which
time
we
washed
our
garments
and
repaired
the
ravages
of
shipwreck
and
travel
,
we
were
summoned
before
the
Emperor
.
In
the
great
open
space
before
the
palace
wall
were
colossal
stone
dogs
that
looked
more
like
tortoises
.
They
crouched
on
massive
stone
pedestals
of
twice
the
height
of
a
tall
man
.
The
walls
of
the
palace
were
huge
and
of
dressed
stone
.
So
thick
were
these
walls
that
they
could
defy
a
breach
from
the
mightiest
of
cannon
in
a
year-long
siege
.
The
mere
gateway
was
of
the
size
of
a
palace
in
itself
,
rising
pagoda-like
,
in
many
retreating
stories
,
each
story
fringed
with
tile-roofing
.
A
smart
guard
of
soldiers
turned
out
at
the
gateway
.
These
,
Kim
told
me
,
were
the
Tiger
Hunters
of
Pyeng-yang
,
the
fiercest
and
most
terrible
fighting
men
of
which
Cho-Sen
could
boast
.
But
enough
.
On
mere
description
of
the
Emperor
's
palace
a
thousand
pages
of
my
narrative
could
be
worthily
expended
.
Let
it
suffice
that
here
we
knew
power
in
all
its
material
expression
.
Only
a
civilization
deep
and
wide
and
old
and
strong
could
produce
this
far-walled
,
many-gabled
roof
of
kings
.
To
no
audience-hall
were
we
sea-cunies
led
,
but
,
as
we
took
it
,
to
a
feasting-hall
.
The
feasting
was
at
its
end
,
and
all
the
throng
was
in
a
merry
mood
.
And
such
a
throng
!
High
dignitaries
,
princes
of
the
blood
,
sworded
nobles
,
pale
priests
,
weather-tanned
officers
of
high
command
,
court
ladies
with
faces
exposed
,
painted
ki-sang
or
dancing
girls
who
rested
from
entertaining
,
and
duennas
,
waiting
women
,
eunuchs
,
lackeys
,
and
palace
slaves
a
myriad
of
them
.
All
fell
away
from
us
,
however
,
when
the
Emperor
,
with
a
following
of
intimates
,
advanced
to
look
us
over
.
He
was
a
merry
monarch
,
especially
so
for
an
Asiatic
.
Not
more
than
forty
,
with
a
clear
,
pallid
skin
that
had
never
known
the
sun
,
he
was
paunched
and
weak-legged
.
Yet
he
had
once
been
a
fine
man
.
The
noble
forehead
attested
that
.
But
the
eyes
were
bleared
and
weak-lidded
,
the
lips
twitching
and
trembling
from
the
various
excesses
in
which
he
indulged
,
which
excesses
,
as
I
was
to
learn
,
were
largely
devised
and
pandered
by
Yunsan
,
the
Buddhist
priest
,
of
whom
more
anon
.
In
our
sea-garments
we
mariners
were
a
motley
crew
,
and
motley
was
the
cue
of
our
reception
.
Exclamations
of
wonder
at
our
strangeness
gave
way
to
laughter
.
The
ki-sang
invaded
us
,
dragging
us
about
,
making
prisoners
of
us
,
two
or
three
of
them
to
one
of
us
,
leading
us
about
like
go
many
dancing
boars
and
putting
us
through
our
antics
.
It
was
offensive
,
true
,
but
what
could
poor
sea-cunies
do
?
What
could
old
Johannes
Maartens
do
,
with
a
bevy
of
laughing
girls
about
him
,
tweaking
his
nose
,
pinching
his
arms
,
tickling
his
ribs
till
he
pranced
?
To
escape
such
torment
Hans
Amden
cleared
a
space
and
gave
a
clumsy-footed
Hollandish
breakdown
till
all
the
Court
roared
its
laughter
.
It
was
offensive
to
me
who
had
been
equal
and
boon
companion
of
Kim
for
many
days
.
I
resisted
the
laughing
ki-sang
.
I
braced
my
legs
and
stood
upright
with
folded
arms
;
nor
could
pinch
or
tickle
bring
a
quiver
from
me
.
Thus
they
abandoned
me
for
easier
prey
.
"
For
God
's
sake
,
man
,
make
an
impression
,
"
Hendrik
Hamel
,
who
had
struggled
to
me
with
three
ki-sang
dragging
behind
,
mumbled
.
Well
might
he
mumble
,
for
whenever
he
opened
his
mouth
to
speak
they
crammed
it
with
sweets
.
"
Save
us
from
this
folly
,
"
he
persisted
,
ducking
his
head
about
to
avoid
their
sweet-filled
palms
.
"
We
must
have
dignity
,
understand
,
dignity
.
This
will
ruin
us
.
They
are
making
tame
animals
of
us
,
playthings
.
When
they
grow
tired
of
us
they
will
throw
us
out
.
You
're
doing
the
right
thing
.
Stick
to
it
.
Stand
them
off
.
Command
respect
,
respect
for
all
of
us
--
"
