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           JohannesMaartensreallyprecipitatedthecatastrophe,andwhathedidwastoofavourableforChongMong-junottoadvantageby.

           For,see.ThepeopleofCho-Senarefanaticalancestor-worshippers,andthatoldpirateofabooty-lustingDutchman,withhisfourcunies,infarKyong-ju,didnolessathingthanraidthetombsofthegold-coffined,long-buriedkingsofancientSilla.Theworkwasdoneinthenight,andfortherestofthenighttheytravelledforthesea-coast.ButthefollowingdayadensefoglayoverthelandandtheylosttheirwaytothewaitingjunkwhichJohannesMaartenshadprivilyoutfitted.HeandthecunieswereroundedinbyYiSun-sin,thelocalmagistrate,oneofChongMong-ju’sadherents.OnlyHermanTrompescapedinthefog,andwasable,longafter,totellmeoftheadventure.

           Thatnight,althoughnewsofthesacrilegewasspreadingthroughCho-Senandhalfthenorthernprovinceshadrisenontheirofficials,KeijoandtheCourtsleptinignorance.ByChongMong-ju’sordersthebeaconsflaredtheirnightlymessageofpeace.Andnightbynightthepeace-beaconsflared,whiledayandnightChongMong-ju’smessengerskilledhorsesonalltheroadsofCho-Sen.ItwasmylucktoseehismessengerarriveatKeijo.Attwilight,asIrodeoutthroughthegreatgateofthecapital,Isawthejadedhorsefallandtheexhaustedriderstaggerinonfoot;andIlittledreamedthatthatmancarriedmydestinywithhimintoKeijo.