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AN EVENING AT THE END OE' WINTER<br />
IN THE EARLY 'I'HIRTEENTH CENTURY,<br />
NEAR THE HEADWATERS OF THE YELLOW<br />
RIVER, WHERE THE FRONTIER OF SHENSI<br />
MEETS THE TRAILS THAT LEAD INTO<br />
THE DESERT.<br />
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THE MAIN ROOM OF A WAYSIDE INN.<br />
UPSTAGE, THE OOOR OF THE INN.<br />
THREE TRAVELERS, SEATED ON LOW<br />
~CHAIRS, h"UDDLE AROD'"ND A FIRE. THE<br />
FLAMES LIGHT -CJP THEIR FACES, ALL<br />
TANNED BY THE IVINDS OF THE DESERT.<br />
: IN A. CORNER, THE INNKEEPER DOZES •<br />
THE WOOD FIRE CRACKLES; THE WIND<br />
WHISTLES THROUGH THE CREVICES --- -~ .<br />
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A LONG MO}IBNT OF SILENCE.<br />
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FIRST TRAVELER<br />
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