Chapter 39 No.39

My Mother,

I have such great news to tell thee that I hardly know where to begin.

But, first, I will astonish thee-- Ting-fang is home! Yes, I can hear thee

say, "Hi yah!" And I said it many times when, the evening before last,

after thy son and the men of the house-hold had finished the evening

meal, and I and the women were prepari