You speak in ignorant disdain of the foremost nation of the world, " Yongxing said, growing angry himself, "like all your country-men, who show no respect for that which is superior, and insult our customs."" For which I might consider myself as owing you some apology, sir, if you yourself had not so often insulted myself and my own country, or shown respect for any customs other than your own, " Laurence said. Naomi Novik
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