"Bored, my good woman? Are there no books in Shanghai, are there no people outside our little circle?' Are there no friends of by-gone days to renew acquaintance with through letters? And might even take up sketching! again, or chess. Besides, I told' you I wag going to be unconven~ tional, intrepid, bold, which will be something of an undertaking fur me. If I want to go downtown. with last year's hat on I shall do it. Of course I'd never dare if you were to be in Shanghai, but thank goodness you'll be' appraising the costumes of Tsingtao and I shall be free, Every night I shall repeat at least flyd
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.