It was said that the Doctor frequently took tea in the morning at an old 
teahouse there, and so it was that one morning Judge Fang happened to drop in 
on the place. It had been built, centuries ago, in the center of a pond. Swarms 
of fire-colored fish hung just beneath the surface of the khaki water, glowing 
like latent coals, as Judge Fang and his assistants, Miss Pao and Chang, 
crossed the bridge.