When the clerk arrived, Trinket handed him the folded length of muslin, pointed to one of the strips, and ordered him to translate the Manchu words traced on it.

• 韦小宝来到厅上，吩咐亲兵去叫了骁骑营中的一名满洲笔帖式来，取出一张棉纸，问他那几个满洲字是甚么意思。