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May I offer you
some champagne?
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May I?
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In the days of our greatest
civilisation, we drank to excess.
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In fact, one of my ancestors,
a very famous poet,
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was drowned in an attempt to
catch the moon in the Yellow River.
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Oh.
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This portrait is of his wife, who was
made very unhappy by his death.
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She left a very famous
collection of swords.
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I have them in my bedroom.
May I show them to you?
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Oh, please.
Why do you torture me?
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I am afraid you misunderstood
my purpose in sending for you.
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I'm not altogether a fool.
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You didn't think I meant
the conventional thing, did you?
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Didn't you?
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Do you think General Yen could accept
anything that the heart did not freely give?
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Oh, no.
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That opportunity has been open
to me ever since you came here.
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It was your life you put up
as a forfeit for Mah-Li's loyalty.
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My life?
Yes.
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What else did
you think it meant?