1:07:10
I realize this is all very sudden,
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but what do you think?
1:07:16
Will you do it, Motome?
1:07:19
You know as well as I
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the state of my livelihood at present.
1:07:25
I offer classes in the Chinese classics
to a handful of children
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and live from hand to mouth.
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How could I possibly take a wife?
1:07:39
Do you dislike Miho?
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All I'm asking
is how you feel about her.
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It's not only because
of the promise I made to your father
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that I hope you'll marry Miho.
1:08:04
Boorish and dull as I am,
1:08:07
I'm not entirely insensitive
to your feelings for each other.
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It was more difficult than I expected
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to persuade Motome.
1:08:20
I didn't realize
1:08:22
he had such a stubborn
and willful streak.
1:08:27
But I knew he loved Miho,
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and I knew Miho
would have no objections to the match.
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The crane that lives a thousand years
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A symbol of myriad joys
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The tortoise that lives 10,000 years
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Bears on its back the three worlds
of heaven, earth and man