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...Agent Gould, meanwhile, had concentrated his attention on the man who will actually rule Tibet until the new Dalai Lama reaches 18 (if he reaches it-Dalai Lamas often die of aconite in their buttered tea). Tibet's Regent, shy, ugly, runty, jug-eared Thup Ten Jampel Yishey Gyantsen, lives in one of Lhasa's best palaces, raises European flowers in his garden. To him, Agent Gould gave many presents from India's Viceroy Lord Linlithgow-a silver tea service, rifles, revolvers, a gramophone, a thermos flask, a signed photograph. Likewise, Agent Gould and his staff were...
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