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"Mr. Ren,"
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see you Friday.
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Who's she? A friend?
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In a way.
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Where is it now? Page...
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eigth-eight
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here's what I write:
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"As night fell, the firelight
by the river flickered"
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"on the grinning old man's
betel-stained teeth""
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my question is: Would a
Yangtze river-dweller
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...be chewing betel in 1885?
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What's betel?
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Pepper and tobacco mixed with lime.
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Leng-yip?
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It's possible.
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"It is? Good, so"betel"can stay."
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"Great. If it's published,
I'll owe you a lot."
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I'm happy to help.
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I didn't take the easy way out...
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did you find a title?
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How's this? I thought of it yesterday:
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Rice of the ricefields.
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"Because of"rice"and"ricefields"."
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It's enigmatic.
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You have a certain charm.
:44:20
It's not written all over you.
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"Deep down, you have that
Portuguese mystique."
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May I say something?
:44:30
You sell yourself short.
You should try...
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try slicking your hair back.
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"Or else, grow it longer."
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Are you listening?
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Who is that girl?
:44:47
My therapist.