"What?" asked Ah Q in surprise.
"Don't you know that others have already come and revolted?"
"Who?" asked Ah Q, all the more surprised.
"The Hsiu-t'sai and the False Foreigner."
This was the last thing that Ah Q could have expected and he was struck with amazement. When the old nun saw that his temper had abated, she swiftly closed the door. Ah Q pushed it again, was unable to open it, but after knocking repeatedly, there was still no answer.
This took place in the forenoon. Chao was skilled in obtaining fresh news and as soon as he knew that the Revolutionary party had entered the city in the night, he wound his queue about his head and made an early call upon the not-to-be-associated-with Chin "False Foreigner." Since this was the time for beginning everything over again, they found strong grounds for agreement, immediately discovered the selfsame ambitions, and decided to join the Revolutionary movement together.
After they had pondered the matter over and over again, they recalled that in the Temple of Quiet Self-Improvement, there was an imperial tablet, inscribed "Ten thousand years for the Emperor, Ten thousand ten thousand years," which ought to be done away with quickly; therefore, they went to the temple to attest their stand with the Revolutionary movement. Because the old nun
