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scintillated   towards   me   with   a   really   all´overpowering   radiance�察   �I   will 

forgive you。; 

     ;We have an old but very appropriate saying�察�'To every man the voice 

of one maiden carries further than the rolling of thunder��'; I remarked in a 

significantly restrained tone�察�for�察�although conscious that the circumstance 

was   becoming   more   menace´laden   than   I   had   any   previous   intention�察  �I 

found myself to be incapable of extrication。 ;Florence; 

     ;Oh�察─    �she   exclaimed      quickly�察  �raising    her   polished    hand    with    an 

undeniable gesture of reproof�察 �you must not call me by my christian name�察�

Mr。 Ho。; 

     ;Yet�察─  �replied   this   person�察  �with   a   confessedly   stubborn   inelegance�察�

;you call me by the name of Ho。; 

     Her eyes became ox´like in an utter absence of almond outline。 ;Yes�察─�

she said gazing�察 �but thatthat is not your christian name�察�is it�拭─�

     ;In    a  position   of   speakingthis     one   being    as   a  matter   of   fact  a 

discreditable follower of the sublime Confuciusit may be so regarded�察─�I 

answered�察 �inasmuch as it is the milk´name of childhood。; 

     ;But you always put it last�察─�she urged。 

     ;Assuredly�察─�I replied。 ;Being irrevocably born with the family name 

of Kong�察�it is thought more reasonable that that should stand first。 After 

that�察  �others   are   attached   as   the   various   contingencies   demand   it�察  �as   Ho 

upon participating in the month´age feast�察�the book´name of Tsin at a later 

period�察�Paik upon taking a degree�察�and so forth。; 

     ;I am very sorry�察�Mr。 Kong�察─�said the maiden�察�adding�察�with what at the 



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time certainly struck this person as shallow´witted prejudice。 ;Of course it 

is really quite your own fault for being so tospy´turvily arranged in every 

way。   But�察  �to   return   to   the   subject�察  �why   should   not   one   speak   of   one's 

heart�拭─�

     ;Because�察─�replied this person�察�colouring deeply�察�and scarcely able to 

control his unbearable offence that so irreproachably´moulded a creature 

should   openly   refer   to   the   detail�察   �because   it   is   a   gross   and   unrefined 

particular�察   �much    more    internal   and   much     less  pleasantly´outlined      than 

those     extremities     whose     spoken     equivalent     shall   henceforth      be   an 

abandoned word from my lips。; 

     ;But�察�in any case�察�it is not the actual organ that one infers�察─�protested 

the maiden。 ;As the seat of the affections�察�passions�察�virtues�察�and will�察�it is 

the conventional emblem of every thought and emotion。; 

     ;By   no   means�察─  �I   cried�察  �forgetting   in   the   face   of   so   heterodox   an 

assertion that it would be well to walk warily at every point。 ;That is the 

stomach。; 

     ;Ah� ─    �exclaimed      the   maiden�察    �burying    her   face    in  a  gracefully´ 

perfumed      remnant     of  lace�察  �to  so  overwhelming        a  degree    that  for  the 

moment I feared she might become involved in the dizzy falling。 ;Never�察�

by any mischance�察�use that word again the society of the presentable�察�Mr。 

Kong。; 

     ;The   ceremonial   usage   of   my   own   land   of   the   Heavenly   Dynasty   is 

proverbially  elaborate�察─  �I   said�察  �with   a   gesture   of   self´abasement�察   �but   in 

comparison with yours it may be regarded as an undeviating walk when 

opposed to a stately and many´figured dance。 Among the company of the 

really excessively select ��in which must ever be included the one whom I 

am now addressing���察�it becomes difficult for an outcast of my illimitable 

obtuseness to move to one side or the other without putting his foot into 

that。; 

     ;Oh   no�察─  �exclaimed   the   maiden�察  �in   fragrant   encouragement�察   �I   think 

you   are   getting   on   very   nicely�察  �Mr。   Kong�察  �and   one   does   not   look   for 

absolute      conformance       from     a  foreignerespecially       one    who     is  so 

extremely foreign。 If I can help you with anythingof course I could not 

even speak as I have done to an ordinary stranger�察�but with one of a distant 



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race it seems differentif I can tell you anything that will save you; 

     ;You are all´exalted�察─�I replied�察�with seemly humility�察 �and virtue and 

wisdom   press   out   your   temples   on   either   side。   Certainly�察  �since   I   have 

learned that the heart is so poetically regarded�察�I have been assailed by a 

fear lest other organs which I have hitherto despised might be used in a 

similar way。 Now�察�as regards liver; 

     ;It is only used with bacon�察─�replied the maiden�察�rising abruptly。 

     ;Kidneys�拭─�suggested this person diffidently�察�really anxious to detain 

her footsteps�察�although from her expression it did not rest assured that the 

incident was taking an actually auspicious movement。 

     ;I don't think you need speak of those except at breakfast�察─�she said�察�

;but I hear the others returning�察�and I must really go to dress for dinner。; 

     Among the barbarians many keep books wherein to inscribe their deep 

and   beautiful   thoughts。 This   person   had   therefore   provided   himself   with 

one   also�察  �and�察  �drawing   it   forth�察  �he   now   added   to   a   page   of   many   other 

interesting     compositions�此      �Maidens      of  immaculate       refinement     do   not 

hesitate   to   admit   before   a   person   of   a   different   sex   that   they   are   on   the 

point    of  changing     their   robes。   The   liver  is  in  some    intricate   way    an 

emblem representing bacon�察�or together with it the two stand for a widely 

differing analogy。 Among those of the highest exclusiveness kidneys are 

never alluded to after the tenth gong´stroke of the morning。; 

     With   a   sincerely  ingrained   trust   that   the   scenes   of   dignity�察  �opulence�察�

and wisdom�察�set forth in these superficial letters�察�are not unsettling your 

intellect and causing you to yearn for a fuller existence。 

     KONG HO。 



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                                 LETTER VI 



       Concerning   this   person's   well´sustained   efforts   to   discover   further 

demons。 The behaviour of those invoked on two occasions。 



     VENERATED   SIRE��In   an   early   letter   I   made   some   reference   to   a 

variety   of   demon   invoked   by   certain   of   the   barbarians。   As   this   matter 

aroused   your     congenial     interest�察 �I  have   since   privately   bent   my   mind 

incessantly to the discovery of others�察�but this has been by no means easy�察�

for�察  �touching    the   more    intimate   details   of  the   subject�察  �the  barbarians 

frequently     maintain     a  narrow´minded        suspicion。    Many     whom     I  have 

approached feign to become amused or have evaded a deliberate answer 

under the subterfuge of a jest�察�yet�察�whenever I would have lurked by night 

in their temples or among the enclosed spaces of their tombs to learn more�察�

at   a   given   signal   one   in   authority   has   approached   me   with   anxiety   and 

mistrust   engraved   upon   his   features�察  �and�察  �disregarding   my   unassuming 

protest that I would remain alone in a contemplative reverie�察�has signified 

that so devout an exercise is contrary to their written law。 

     On one occasion only did this person seem to hold himself poised on 

the very edge of a fuller enlightenment。 This was when�察�in the venerable 

company of several benevolent persons�察�he was being taken from place to 

place to see the more important buildings�察�and to observe the soci

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