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A Japanese miscellany - University of Oregon

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240 <strong>Japanese</strong> Miscellany<br />

" I don't know."<br />

" Did you never try to find out ?<br />

" No," said Heishichi, again mopping his fore-<br />

head :<br />

" I said nothing about the matter until many<br />

years after the war."<br />

" But why ? " I persisted.<br />

Heishichi gave me one astonished look, smiled<br />

in a pitying way, and answered, —<br />

"Because it would have been wrong; — it<br />

would have been ungrateful."<br />

I felt properly rebuked.<br />

And we resumed our journey.<br />

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