CHAPTER X

Former colleagues who have risen to eminence--Kiderlin-Waechter--Aehrenthal--Colonel Klepsch--The discomfiture of an inquisitive journalist--Origin of certain Russian scares--Tokyo--Dulness of Geisha dinners--Japanese culinary curiosities--"Musical Chairs"--Lack of colour in Japan--The Tokugawa dynasty--Japanese Gardens--The transplanted suburban Embassy house--Cherry-blossom--Japanese politeness--An unfortunate incident in Rome--Eastern courtesy--The country in Japan--An Imperial duck-catching party--An up-to-date Tokyo house--A Shinto Temple--Linguistic difficulties at a dinner-party--The economical colleague--Japan defaced by advertisements