The Phantom of the Temple

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DEE Jen-djieh  in 670 A.D. magistrate of Lan-fang, a district on the western frontier of the Tang Empire

HOONG Liang  his trusted adviser and Sergeant of the tribunal

MA Joong  one of his lieutenants

Others

Seng-san  a vagrant ruffian

Lao-woo  his brother

Ah-liu  his friend

The Monk  head of the beggars

Mrs CHANG  Abbess of the Temple of the Purple Clouds

Spring Cloud  her maidservant

Tala  a Buddhist sorceress

LEE Mai  banker and owner of a gold and silver shop

LEE Ko  his brother, a painter

WOO Tsung-jen  retired prefect

Mrs WOO  his wife

YANG Mou-te  a student

She stared in silence at the thing lying on the rim of the old well. Not a breeze stirred in the hot, damp air that hung heavily in the dark temple garden. A few almond blossoms came fluttering down from the spread­ing branches overhead, very white in the light of the lantern. And whiter still when they stuck to the blood­stains on the weatherbeaten stones.

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