She looked away from him as she continued in a low voice,
“The Boxers also say that the children received into the orphanages are killed and their intestines are used to change lead into silver and make precious remedies.”
“The people who believe such things must be very stupid,” Stanton Ware commented.
At the same time he had not forgotten the trouble the Missionaries had caused in the past.
“You say that the Boxers are gaining strength,” he said after a short pause. “Surely the Empress does not support such riff-raff?”
“Officially she says they must be constrained and not allowed to increase.”
“But unofficially?” Stanton Ware questioned.
“When some Officials treated the Boxers as rebels and attempted to disperse them, the Governor of the Province flew into a rage and claimed they
