At this point the woman began to understand that the sense in which Chou-HU had referred to Yan's speechless condition was not that which she had at the time deemed it to be.
"Kai Lung's Golden Hours"
Ernest Bramah Commentator: Hilaire Belloc
Hearing the conversation turn towards his afflictions, he at once began to search very industriously among the straw upon which he lay for the inscribed board in question; for to his somewhat confused imagination it seemed at the time that only by displaying it openly could he prove to Chou-HU that he was in no way deficient.
"Kai Lung's Golden Hours"
Ernest Bramah Commentator: Hilaire Belloc
"The objection is a superficial one," replied Chou-HU.
"Kai Lung's Golden Hours"
Ernest Bramah Commentator: Hilaire Belloc
