![]() ![]() Young KCC: I have asked myself that question. Kan: Is it your feeling that Won-Que is not forceful enough? Young KCC: Shall we not act in spite of the obstinacy of the sick man? When inaction may destroy him? Kan: did not Won-Que, make this clear to him? If he does not accept the loss of his hand, he will die. Young KCC: It is not with myself I am troubled with, Master. ![]() Kan: What must we say of a mirror that receives tranquillity, yet reflects a troubled brow? The mirror I spoke of was you, student Caine. Have you seen the spirit? ( A crow lands on the nearby window ledge). And if we do not give it, the spirit will be anger, and may even demand more. Did you hear me? Leu, Ive done all I could, but the spirit of the finger is calling to the hand. And if we do not remove the fire, you too might die. Master Won-Que: The fire ( infection) has entered the hand through the wound. Master Won-Que: Then perhaps with the finger, you have bought wisdom. ![]() Master Won-Que: And with the four pieces of silver, you would have bought more wine and the flower girls, would you not? Master Won-Que: And what would you have won if the dice had been otherwise? I Bought wine for everyone and paid the flower girls for their song. I gambled away all the months rent from my tenants.
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