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The Empress Dowager however still relieved him of the burdens of
the government, and continued to "teach him how to govern."
"I have seen the Emperor many times," Mrs. Headland tells me,
"and have spent many hours in his presence, and every time we
were in the palace the Emperor accompanied the Empress
Dowager--not by her side but a few steps behind her. When she
sat, he always remained standing a few paces in the rear, and
never presumed to sit unless asked by her to do so. He was a
lonely person, with his delicate, well-bred features and his
simple dark robes, and in the midst of these fawning eunuchs,
brilliant court ladies, and bejewelled Empress Dowager he was an
inconspicuous figure. No minister of state touched forehead to
floor as he spoke in hushed and trembling voice to him, no
obsequious eunuchs knelt when coming into his presence; but on
the contrary I have again and again seen him crowded against the
wall by these cringing servants of Her Majesty.
"One day while we were in the palace a pompous eunuch had stepped
before the Emperor quite obliterating him. I saw Kuang Hsu put
his hands on the large man's shoulders, and quietly turn him
around, that he might see before whom he stood. There were no
signs of anger on his face, but rather a gentle, pathetic smile
as he looked up at the big servant. I expected to see him fall
upon his knees before the Emperor, but instead, he only moved a
few inches to the left, and remained still in front of His
Majesty
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