:42:00
I'm the opposite; they're
out of luck with me.
:42:03
That's the way it goes.
:42:06
That's your lunch?
:42:08
"You eat like a jockey. Of course,
you're an athlete."
:42:13
"For a future kung fu star,
you're not beefy."
:42:17
"You're no Rambo. But clothes
are misleading. Me,"
:42:21
I'm lean for my age. Not a
pinch of fat. Feel it
:42:27
I think I hit a bone.
:42:28
Bones are harder to build up!
:42:31
Li should put you on a commission.
It's only fair.
:42:36
I blabber on. You're so quiet...
:42:41
modesty's nice.
:42:43
Sorry to pester you but
you're my savior.
:42:47
My novel's full of details
I must get right.
:42:56
"Mr. Boutinot, Augustin."
:42:58
We met before.
:43:00
"Mr. Ren,"
:43:04
see you Friday.
:43:10
Who's she? A friend?
:43:12
In a way.
:43:17
Where is it now? Page...
:43:19
eigth-eight
:43:22
here's what I write:
:43:24
"As night fell, the firelight
by the river flickered"
:43:28
"on the grinning old man's
betel-stained teeth""
:43:33
my question is: Would a
Yangtze river-dweller
:43:36
...be chewing betel in 1885?
:43:39
What's betel?
:43:40
Pepper and tobacco mixed with lime.
:43:44
Leng-yip?
:43:45
It's possible.
:43:47
"It is? Good, so"betel"can stay."
:43:50
"Great. If it's published,
I'll owe you a lot."
:43:55
I'm happy to help.
:43:57
I didn't take the easy way out...