Humphries broke out more freely into speech than he had done before, for his usual characteristic was that of taciturnity.

On May 31, about a week after the discussions began, the terms of the agreement signed at Tangku were made public. Known as the Tangku Truce, this agreement provided that China immediately withdraw all her troops to districts south and west of a line connecting Yenching, Changping, and Kaoliying, and not advance beyond this line.

But Miss Harriet Douglas was no long-grasser.

The water was full of microscopic organisms.