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On the seventh day after Dr. Sadao had performed the operation upon the wounded young prisoner of war, a messenger in uniform came to Dr. Sadao’s house. The messenger said that Dr. Sadao should come to the palace as the old General was in pain again. After the messenger had gone away, Hana said that she thought they had come to arrest Dr. Sadao. Sadao said that somehow he must get rid of the young man.
After examining the old General Dr. Sadao told the General about the young man and said that he cared nothing for the man. The General said that Sadao couldn’t be arrested because he might be needed for his operation. The General said that it would be best if the young American be quietly killed, not by Sadao, but by someone who did not know the white man.
He told Sadao that he had his own private assassins, who would kill the American young man tonight or better, any night. He told Sadao to leave the outer partition of the white man’s room opened to the garden while he sleeps. The General said that the assassins would make no noise and he would have them remove his body.