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"
I
would
command
the
Tiger
Hunters
of
Pyeng-Yang
,
and
so
command
the
palace
guards
,
"
he
answered
.
"
Wait
,
"
said
I
,
"
and
that
will
you
do
.
I
have
said
it
.
"
The
how
of
the
matter
was
beyond
me
.
But
he
who
has
naught
can
dispense
the
world
in
largess
;
and
I
,
who
had
naught
,
gave
Kim
captaincy
of
the
palace
guards
.
The
best
of
it
is
that
I
did
fulfil
my
promise
.
Kim
did
come
to
command
the
Tiger
Hunters
,
although
it
brought
him
to
a
sad
end
.
Scheming
and
intriguing
I
left
to
Hamel
and
Yunsan
,
who
were
the
politicians
.
I
was
mere
man
and
lover
,
and
merrier
than
theirs
was
the
time
I
had
.
Picture
it
to
yourself
--
a
hard-bitten
,
joy-loving
sea-cuny
,
irresponsible
,
unaware
ever
of
past
or
future
,
wining
and
dining
with
kings
,
the
accepted
lover
of
a
princess
,
and
with
brains
like
Hamel
's
and
Yunsan
's
to
do
all
planning
and
executing
for
me
.
More
than
once
Yunsan
almost
divined
the
mind
behind
my
mind
;
but
when
he
probed
Hamel
,
Hamel
proved
a
stupid
slave
,
a
thousand
times
less
interested
in
affairs
of
state
and
policy
than
was
he
interested
in
my
health
and
comfort
and
garrulously
anxious
about
my
drinking
contests
with
Taiwun
.
I
think
the
Lady
Om
guessed
the
truth
and
kept
it
to
herself
;
wit
was
not
her
desire
,
but
,
as
Hamel
had
said
,
a
bull
throat
and
a
man
's
yellow
hair
.
Much
that
pawed
between
us
I
shall
not
relate
,
though
the
Lady
Om
is
dear
dust
these
centuries
.
But
she
was
not
to
be
denied
,
nor
was
I
;
and
when
a
man
and
woman
will
their
hearts
together
heads
may
fall
and
kingdoms
crash
and
yet
they
will
not
forgo
.
Came
the
time
when
our
marriage
was
mooted
--
oh
,
quietly
,
at
first
,
most
quietly
,
as
mere
palace
gossip
in
dark
corners
between
eunuchs
and
waiting-women
.
But
in
a
palace
the
gossip
of
the
kitchen
scullions
will
creep
to
the
throne
.
Soon
there
was
a
pretty
to-do
.
The
palace
was
the
pulse
of
Cho-Sen
,
and
when
the
palace
rocked
,
Cho-Sen
trembled
.
And
there
was
reason
for
the
rocking
.
Our
marriage
would
be
a
blow
straight
between
the
eyes
of
Chong
Mong-ju
.
He
fought
,
with
a
show
of
strength
for
which
Yunsan
was
ready
.
Chong
Mong-ju
disaffected
half
the
provincial
priesthood
,
until
they
pilgrimaged
in
processions
a
mile
long
to
the
palace
gates
and
frightened
the
Emperor
into
a
panic
.
But
Yunsan
held
like
a
rock
.
The
other
half
of
the
provincial
priesthood
was
his
,
with
,
in
addition
,
all
the
priesthood
of
the
great
cities
such
as
Keijo
,
Fusan
,
Songdo
,
Pyen-Yang
,
Chenampo
,
and
Chemulpo
.
Yunsan
and
the
Lady
Om
,
between
them
,
twisted
the
Emperor
right
about
.
As
she
confessed
to
me
afterward
,
she
bullied
him
with
tears
and
hysteria
and
threats
of
a
scandal
that
would
shake
the
throne
.
And
to
cap
it
all
,
at
the
psychological
moment
,
Yunsan
pandered
the
Emperor
to
novelties
of
excess
that
had
been
long
preparing
.
"
You
must
grow
your
hair
for
the
marriage
knot
,
"
Yunsan
warned
me
one
day
,
with
the
ghost
of
a
twinkle
in
his
austere
eyes
,
more
nearly
facetious
and
human
than
I
had
ever
beheld
him
.
