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 * 1) This is a convent.
 * 2) Are there any priests?
 * 3) There are no priests; there are priestesses.
 * 4) How many are there?
 * 5) Over twenty.
 * 6) What do they do?
 * 7) Read the Sutras.
 * 8) That is a temple.
 * 9) Is it a Buddhist on a Taoist (temple)?
 * 10) It is a Buddhist temple.
 * 11) What is the difference?
 * 12) There is a great difference.
 * 13) Do priests live here?
 * 14) There are no priests at a temple.
 * 15) He is a missionary.
 * 16) Have you become a convert?
 * 17) I have not.
 * 18) Is there a chapel here?
 * 19) There are two.
 * 20) Are they ProstestantProtestant [sic] or Catholic?
 * 21) One is Protestant.
 * 22) The other (lit. one) is Catholic.
 * 23) Who are the Catholic Missionaries?
 * 24) They are all Frenchmen.
 * 25) Have they families?
 * 26) They have no families.
 * 27) They are not allowed to marry.
 * 28) They wear Chinese clothes.
 * 29) They eat Chinese food.
 * 30) What is the intention in this?
 * 31) They want to be like Chinamen.
 * 32) Is there any other meaning?