‘I won’t stay long — I’ve got to get straight up to St Albans.’

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There the missionaries learned that they were to stay for a longer period, and they were lodged in a shed surrounded by rice fields. This was different from what they had expected, because they had been told in Canton that Father Ts'ai had arranged for a place in Hsiang-t'an. They therefore wished to proceed to Hsiang-t'an, but since that was impossible under the circumstances, they asked Liu Shêng-tuan to be their messenger to Father Liu asking him to come to them.

“Good day ′Un!” he said to the yardman. “Day-ee, Jasper!” replied 'Un. “Day-ee, Silas! How′s things?”