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ne day as I travelled, the road was especially mules. I was hot, tired and dirty
rough and stony, for it led straight across and would have liked a bath and a
Othe mountains. The mules were laden with comfortable bed, for we had
provisions and bedding, and I was sitting right on travelled a long way since leaving
top of the luggage being carried by the leader of the home. But just ahead lay a village
with a bad reputation, so I had
more important things than baths
to worry about.
The two soldiers who had been
appointed to act as my body-
guards walked solidly along
beside the mules. They scarcely
spoke, but I believe they were
secretly proud to be in charge of
this strange foreign woman. They
had found that although I was
small they had to do as I told them.
They had also found that I always
told them the truth, and that I
treated them kindly. In time, my
soldiers and I became quite fond
of each other.
As we entered Yuan Tsun (Luster
Village), no one was in sight, until
a muleteer shouted, and out ran
the innkeeper. We were taken into
a filthy, dark room, smelling
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