But no muscle moved on his face, no unusual twinkle came to his eye ; he apparently said : " I am a machine , sir, and always obey the stronger force, and that without dissent."
Any other than a Chinaman would have de bated or laughed at the command, viewing it either as too serious or too comic to be obeyed.  But no muscle moved on his face, no unusual twinkle came to his eye ; he apparently said : " I am a machine , sir, and always obey the stronger force, and that without dissent."  This