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for she should appear at once. Since the arrest of Sz his relatives, to avoid being implicated, drew up a petition accusing him before the Magistrate, of bad conduct. But in lawsuits of any kind in China many persons would be sure to be implicated in them. Thus even if the relatives of Sz had tried to keep themselves clear of the trouble, we doubt whether they could do so without the effective intervention of the almighty dollar (i.e. the effective assistance of the God of Wealth).