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published in the newspapers in both Shanghai and Peking, because I have friends and relatives in both cities. As for the conclusion you have just read, it's a sham and a fraud, and you all know it.'' The interrogator said, ''The No. 1 Detention House isn't an old people's home. You can't stay here all your life.'' ''It doesn't have to be all my life. I'll stay here until you give a proper conclusion to my case. If you are ready to give one tomorrow, I can leave tomorrow.'' The interrogator stood up. ''I have never seen a prisoner refusing to leave the detention house before. You must be out of your mind. In any case, when the government wants you to go, you have to go. Besides, your family has been waiting for you since morning.'' Did he mean my daughter was out there waiting? Oh, how I longed to see her! Suddenly two female guards came into the room. One on each side, they dragged me out to the gate, and pushed me into the street.
A HAUNTING SADNESS
