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She had often heard her father tell of the dreadful deeds done in many of these houseboats.
Moreover, the members of the Dragon Army had been promised double pay if they should accomplish the wishes of their sovereign, while Su-nan's soldiers knew only too well that they would be put to the sword if they should be defeated.
He tried to prepare himself in vain; perhaps the effort to prepare himself made him less able to bear it."
"This is a strange chance that throws you and me together.
