"I'll have a care to that, honorable teacher," assured Mr. Chefoo.
As soon as Chefoo was reached he disappeared, and that was the last seen or heard of him for some time.
But as the crowd had now withdrawn to the bank, where Mr. Chefoo bargained with the polemen, the river had cleared.
Many Europeans came in contact with him whilst at Chefoo, and all seem to have been most favourably impressed by him.
Mr. Chefoo had brought along a young man to carry the ponies back, and he too was anxious to begin his return journey.
