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power which I execrated,

The feeling, novine, is little to my

I panted for revenge.

however, is so little inherent to my nature, that I would soon have forgotten, had not persecution in

its lowest form followed me.

Gradually embittered,

I have sworn never to return home,

at least as long as power remains in the hands of those whom I hate.

Still more :

accustomed as I am

to what is called "High life" and to scientific pursuits, I can live abroad in France, Prussia, Austria, or England;

in England then and in

her laws will I seek for protection and for a home.

As that newly formed

resolution could not well

agree with the plans I had conceived, I reflected upon the motives that had given rise to them, and I acknowledged their trickedness and their folly.

Of the Considerations

That I have alluded to

Now to the other

I have passed

The three years,

the Chinese have taught me not to repose any faith in them. Dealing with the Mandarins I may

receive a large sum at London, undoubtedly.

But I doubt the pension would

be paid beyond

a year or two -

the eve of Civil

dissolution. To plan

for the Frands

of the greedy mandarins a revenue

such must necessarily

arise from my

Overt

discovery would render them

towards strangers, and I forbearing would become the first victim.

Another suggestion presents

itself - "Why do I not keep boosting

my

I have done until

merensing only the Juan

secret.

now

to my prove

The lesson is soon told. I may come to that, but only if I cannot

do otherwise.

I have easily obtained the ingredients I require, and in large

quantities. Lately, however, it seems that I have excited the cupidity of a good many persons.

I am watched not only by the Chinese and the Portuguese, but also by all the Strangers

resident in the South of China.

Some of these have even gone to the length of calling in chemists from Austria, from San Francisco, and from Australia, but good analytic chemists

are rare,

and

they have not yet

been

able to discover the origin of any of the ingredients used by me - My drug

Some

Almans with their and with Chinese No! Some opium pronounce it Persian, others Malwa; I tell them it comes from the Eastern

Coast of Africa -

Besides this, as I have said, I am single-handed - that is to say, I have an assistant, a friend, who manipulates some of the Compounds of my drug, the most bulky

ones. But he knows

literally nothing of the Concerns, and is quite incapable of going through the department. I have allotted to him the

preparatory work,

and he is not capable of recovery.

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