Dragon Seed: the Story of China At War
“Be sure his wife blamed Ling Tan for it somehow, and she came to his house every day and wept and besought him to find out whether or not her husband were dead. In his heart he more than half guessed that his old cousin had of his own will decided not to come home any more, but how could he tell a woman so? He could only listen to her and scratch his head and think what he could do to find the old scholar in a city where men disappeared every day and there was nowhere to ask questions.
The cous...in’s wife was more than half afraid that her husband had fallen by an enemy’s hand in coming and going to Wu Lien. She did not dare to go therefore to Wu Lien herself, nor did she dare to tell Ling Tan that she and her husband were ears for Wu Lien. So she begged Ling Tan to go or to send one of his sons to Wu Lien to see what he could do to speak for her husband to those now above him.
“My man was your senior,” she said, “and all the laws of the family compel you to bestir yourself for him.”MoreLess
The cous...in’s wife was more than half afraid that her husband had fallen by an enemy’s hand in coming and going to Wu Lien. She did not dare to go therefore to Wu Lien herself, nor did she dare to tell Ling Tan that she and her husband were ears for Wu Lien. So she begged Ling Tan to go or to send one of his sons to Wu Lien to see what he could do to speak for her husband to those now above him.
“My man was your senior,” she said, “and all the laws of the family compel you to bestir yourself for him.”MoreLess
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