And from the high poop Kwan Yung-jin gazed down at us as if he did not see us.

For many years to come Vandervoot was known amongst us as "What-Now Vandervoot." Poor devil! He froze to death one night on the streets of Keijo; with every door barred against him.
To the mainland we were taken and thrown into a stinking, vermin-infested prison.

Such was our introduction to the officialdom of Cho-Sen.

But I was to be revenged for all of us on Kwan Yung-jin, as you shall see, in the days when the Lady Om was kind and power was mine.
In prison we lay for many days.

We learned afterward the reason.