CHAPTER XXXIX

　　After drinking tea at Djam Bolon's yurta I rode back to my quartersand packed my few belongings¹. The Lama Turgut was already there.

"The Minister of War will travel with us," he whispered. "It isnecessary.""All right," I answered, and rode off to Olufsen to summon him.

But Olufsen unexpectedly announced that he was forced to spend somefew days more in Urga--a fatal decision for him, for a month laterhe was reported killed by Sepailoff who remained as Commandant ofthe city after Baron² Ungern's departure. The War Minister, astout, young Mongol, joined our caravan³. When we had gone aboutsix miles from the city, we saw an automobile⁴ coming up behind us.

The Lama shrunk up inside his coat and looked at me with fear. Ifelt the now familiar atmosphere of danger and so opened my holsterand threw over the safety catch of my revolver. Soon the motorstopped alongside our caravan. In it sat Sepailoff with a smilingface and beside him his two executioners, Chestiakoff and Jdanoff.

Sepailoff greeted us very warmly and asked:

"You are changing your horses in Khazahuduk? Does the road crossthat pass ahead? I don't know the way and must overtake an envoywho went there."The Minister of War answered that we would be in Khazahuduk thatevening and gave Sepailoff directions as to the road. The motorrushed away and, when it had topped the pass, he ordered one of theMongols to gallop⁵ forward to see whether it had not stoppedsomewhere near the other side. The Mongol whipped his steed andsped away. We followed slowly.

"What is the matter?" I asked. "Please explain!"The Minister told me that Djam Bolon yesterday received informationthat Sepailoff planned to overtake me on the way and kill me.

Sepailoff suspected that I had stirred up the Baron against him.

Djam Bolon reported the matter to the Baron, who organized thiscolumn for my safety. The returning Mongol reported that the motorcar had gone on out of sight.

"Now," said the Minister, "we shall take quite another route sothat the Colonel will wait in vain for us at Khazahuduk."We turned north at Undur Dobo and at night were in the camp of alocal prince. Here we took leave of our Minister, receivedsplendid fresh horses and quickly continued our trip to the east,leaving behind us "the man with the head like a saddle" againstwhom I had been warned by the old fortune teller⁶ in the vicinity ofVan Kure.

After twelve days without further adventures we reached the firstrailway station on the Chinese Eastern Railway, from where Itraveled in unbelievable luxury to Peking.

* * * * * *Surrounded by the comforts and conveniences of the splendid hotelat Peking, while shedding all the attributes of traveler, hunterand warrior⁷, I could not, however, throw off the spell of thosenine days spent in Urga, where I had daily met Baron Ungern,"Incarnated⁸ God of War." The newspapers carrying accounts of thebloody march of the Baron through Transbaikalia brought thepictures ever fresh to my mind. Even now, although more than sevenmonths have elapsed, I cannot forget those nights of madness,inspiration and hate.

The predictions are fulfilled. Approximately one hundred thirtydays afterwards Baron Ungern was captured by the Bolsheviki throughthe treachery of his officers and, it is reported, was executed atthe end of September.

Baron R. F. Ungern von Sternberg. . . . Like a bloody⁹ storm ofavenging Karma he spread over Central Asia. What did he leavebehind him? The severe order to his soldiers closing with thewords of the Revelations of St. John:

"Let no one check the revenge against the corrupter¹⁰ and slayer¹¹ ofthe soul of the Russian people. Revolution must be eradicated¹² fromthe World. Against it the Revelations of St. John have warned usthus: 'And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet¹³, and deckedwith gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand agolden cup full of abominations, even the unclean things of herfornication, and upon her forehead a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLONTHE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THEEARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints,and with the blood of the martyrs¹⁴ of Jesus.'"It is a human document, a document of Russian and, perhaps, ofworld tragedy.

But there remained another and more important trace. In the Mongolyurtas and at the fires of Buriat, Mongol, Djungar, Kirkhiz,Kalmuck and Tibetan shepherds still speak the legend born of thisson of crusaders and privateers:

"From the north a white warrior came and called on the Mongols tobreak their chains of slavery, which fell upon our freed soil.

This white warrior was the Incarnated Jenghiz Khan and he predictedthe coming of the greatest of all Mongols who will spread the fairfaith of Buddha¹⁵ and the glory and power of the offspring ofJenghiz, Ugadai and Kublai Khan. So it shall be!"Asia is awakened¹⁶ and her sons utter bold words.

It were well for the peace of the world if they go forth¹⁷ asdisciples of the wise creators, Ugadai and Sultan Baber, ratherthan under the spell of the "bad demons¹⁸" of the destructiveTamerlane.

1 belongings   

n.私人物品，私人财物

参考例句：

• I put a few personal belongings in a bag.我把几件私人物品装进包中。
• Your personal belongings are not dutiable.个人物品不用纳税。

2 baron   

n.男爵；(商业界等)巨头，大王

参考例句：

• Henry Ford was an automobile baron.亨利·福特是一位汽车业巨头。
• The baron lived in a strong castle.男爵住在一座坚固的城堡中。

3 caravan   

n.大蓬车；活动房屋

参考例句：

• The community adviser gave us a caravan to live in.社区顾问给了我们一间活动住房栖身。
• Geoff connected the caravan to the car.杰弗把旅行用的住屋拖车挂在汽车上。

4 automobile   

n.汽车，机动车

参考例句：

• He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile.他正在修理汽车的刹车杆。
• The automobile slowed down to go around the curves in the road.汽车在路上转弯时放慢了速度。

5 gallop   

v./n.(马或骑马等)飞奔；飞速发展

参考例句：

• They are coming at a gallop towards us.他们正朝着我们飞跑过来。
• The horse slowed to a walk after its long gallop.那匹马跑了一大阵后慢下来缓步而行。

6 teller   

n.银行出纳员；(选举)计票员

参考例句：

• The bank started her as a teller.银行起用她当出纳员。
• The teller tried to remain aloof and calm.出纳员力图保持冷漠和镇静。

7 warrior   

n.勇士，武士，斗士

参考例句：

• The young man is a bold warrior.这个年轻人是个很英勇的武士。
• A true warrior values glory and honor above life.一个真正的勇士珍视荣誉胜过生命。

8 incarnated   

v.赋予（思想、精神等）以人的形体( incarnate的过去式和过去分词 )；使人格化；体现；使具体化

参考例句：

• Dickens incarnated hypocrisy in his Uriah Heep. 狄更斯把虚伪体现在他塑造的人物赖亚·赫普身上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• His ideals were incarnated in his music. 他的理想具体地体现在他的音乐中。 来自辞典例句

9 bloody   

adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染

参考例句：

• He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
• He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。

10 corrupter   

堕落的，道德败坏的； 贪污的，腐败的； 腐烂的； （文献等）错误百出的

参考例句：

• The police were corrupt and were operating in collusion with the drug dealers. 警察腐败，与那伙毒品贩子内外勾结。
• corrupt officials accepting bribes 接受贿赂的贪官污吏

11 slayer   

n. 杀人者，凶手

参考例句：

• The young man was Oedipus, who thus unknowingly became the slayer of his own father. 这位青年就是俄狄浦斯。他在不明真相的情况下杀死了自己的父亲。
• May I depend on you to stand by me and my daughters, then, deer-slayer? 如此说来，我可以指望你照料我和女儿了，杀鹿人？

12 eradicated   

画着根的

参考例句：

• Polio has been virtually eradicated in Brazil. 在巴西脊髓灰质炎实际上已经根除。
• The disease has been eradicated from the world. 这种疾病已在全世界得到根除。

13 scarlet   

n.深红色，绯红色，红衣；adj.绯红色的

参考例句：

• The scarlet leaves of the maples contrast well with the dark green of the pines.深红的枫叶和暗绿的松树形成了明显的对比。
• The glowing clouds are growing slowly pale,scarlet,bright red,and then light red.天空的霞光渐渐地淡下去了，深红的颜色变成了绯红，绯红又变为浅红。

14 martyrs   

n.martyr的复数形式；烈士( martyr的名词复数 )；殉道者；殉教者；乞怜者（向人诉苦以博取同情）

参考例句：

• the early Christian martyrs 早期基督教殉道者
• They paid their respects to the revolutionary martyrs. 他们向革命烈士致哀。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

15 Buddha   

n.佛；佛像；佛陀

参考例句：

• Several women knelt down before the statue of Buddha and prayed.几个妇女跪在佛像前祈祷。
• He has kept the figure of Buddha for luck.为了图吉利他一直保存着这尊佛像。

16 awakened   

v.（使）醒( awaken的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）觉醒；弄醒；（使）意识到

参考例句：

• She awakened to the sound of birds singing. 她醒来听到鸟的叫声。
• The public has been awakened to the full horror of the situation. 公众完全意识到了这一状况的可怕程度。 来自《简明英汉词典》

17 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

18 demons   

n.恶人( demon的名词复数 )；恶魔；精力过人的人；邪念

参考例句：

• demons torturing the sinners in Hell 地狱里折磨罪人的魔鬼
• He is plagued by demons which go back to his traumatic childhood. 他为心魔所困扰，那可追溯至他饱受创伤的童年。 来自《简明英汉词典》