dragonman

Updated: June 10, 2025

The German Minister turned into his Legation, and after a time he reappeared in his green and red official chair, with C , the dragonman, in a similar conveyance. There were only two Chinese outriders with them, as Von K had refused to take any of his guards. I remember Von K was smoking and leaning his arms on the front bar of his sedan, for all the world as if he were going on a picnic.

- Indiscreet Letters From Peking : Being the Notes of an Eye-Witness, Which Set Forth in Some Detail, from Day to Day, the Real Story of the Siege and Sack of a Distressed Capital in 1900—The Year of Great Tribulation

The men of the Legation Guard were swarming round them and questioning them roughly when I came up, but there was nothing further to be learned about Von K . A shot had passed through his chair and he had never moved again, while other shots struck all round. C , the dragonman, dripping with blood, had run round a corner closely pursued by Chinese riflemen.

- Indiscreet Letters From Peking : Being the Notes of an Eye-Witness, Which Set Forth in Some Detail, from Day to Day, the Real Story of the Siege and Sack of a Distressed Capital in 1900—The Year of Great Tribulation