The British are forced to intervene to protect their nationalinterests and to attempt to rescue the hundreds of British subjectsstranded in the country. As he spoke they heard a single cannon shot from across the White Nile. Shereached for the latch to lock it but her fingers disobeyed her. **The legend says of this child that its birth was artificiallydelayed until the return of the empress from the Korean expedition,
Aim at her. The menfired their rifles in the air, then crowded around the packhorse tomarvel at the size of the tusks. The guards urged him forward and, with the chains hampering him, heshambled across the courtyard. Kenwick glanced at him, sensing the note of censure in his tone.
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