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  • On her arrival at the monastery she learned from her garrulous nun-attendant that the _Amban_ had been summoned to Pekin, where a revolution had taken place and his friends there hoped to make him

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  • In the course of the day the Chinese _Amban_ had announced to Colonel Dermot that he did not wish to leave so soon and desired to remain longer in Ranga Duar; but the

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  • _Amban_ slowly dragged his bruised body from the ground and staggered shaken and dizzy out of the garden.

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  • _Amban_ -- we call him an Envoy of the Republic of China to Bhutan.

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  • _Amban_ now entered the room and was formally presented by the _Deb

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  • _Amban_, reputed to reach their height in the territory just across the

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  • The _Deb Zimpun_, who had not been accompanied by the Chinese _Amban_ on this occasion, had departed; and of the few European visitors only Muriel Benson remained.

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  • Zimpun_ touched nothing but water the _Amban_ drank champagne, port and liqueurs freely -- even the untravelled Chinaman is partial to European liquors -- yet they seemed not to affect him.

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  • Miss Benson, who was on the host's right and facing the _Amban_ on his left.

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  • He learned that the _Amban_ had returned unexpectedly to Tuna, the plot in his favour in Pekin having failed.

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