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The conference on the plain an hour before the disaster of Guru. Macdonald and Younghusband are seated in front with their backs turned. The Lhéding Depén—the Commander-in-Chief at Lhasa—is leaning forward speaking to Capt. O'Connor. He is wearing the single Tibetan ear-ring. Besides him is seated the Shigatse Dépen.