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, ''gardeners. In the distance a bell and a drum can be heard.''

[Stopping his work and listening.] Do you hear the great bronze bell and the drum? Another Prince is passing through the Gateway of State and making his entrance into our Palace of Nanking.

Yes, I hearbut I would rather see.

Beautiful sights are not for us to see.

The great ceremonies do not need the gaze of such as us.

Yes! We know that. Our duty is to work on in silence,—patiently to prepare the beauty of the festival which is not for our eyes.