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     ;I don't quite understand myself�察�Golden Bells。              But that is all I can 

tell   you。   But    you   will   understand    more�察─   �he   said。   ;My     mission    is 

finished now�察�and I will go back。           I will stop at the court of Prester John�察�

and he will send a bishop surely or some great cardinal to baptize you and 

to teach you the rest。; 

     ;You   will   go   back�拭─   �A  great   pain   stabbed   her。   ;I   never   thought�察�

some how�察�of you as going back。; 

     ;I have come on a mission�察�Golden Bells�察�and I must go back。; 

     ;There is a woman�察�maybe�察�in Venice  ;               And she turned her head 

away from him and from the moon。 

     ;I would not have you thinking that�察�Golden Bells。                There is none in 

Venice has duty from me。          And if the queen of the world were there�察�and 

she   pledged   me�察  �I   could   never   look   at   her�察  �and   I   after   knowing   you�察�

Golden Bells� ─�

     ;Is it money�察�Marco Polo�拭─�she whispered in the dusk。                  ;It is maybe 

your uncle and your father are pressing you to return。               Let you not worry 

then�察�for my father the great Khan will settle with them�察�too。 There is not a 

horse   in   all   Tartary   that   your   uncle   cannot   have�察  �nor   a   woman�察  �either。 

And your father can have all the jewels of the treasury�察�and all the swords�察�

too�察�even the sword with which my father conquered China。                     My father 

will   give   him   that   if   I   ask。   Only   let   you   not   be   leaving   this   moonlit 

garden。; 

     ;Dear Golden Bells�察�it isn't that�察�but I came here for converts  ; 

     ;Oh�察�Marco Polo�察�listen�         �There is a folk at Kai´fung´fu�察�and they are 

an evil folk and a cowardly folk�察�and my father abhors them。 I shall ask 

my   father   to   send   captains   of   war   and   fighting   men   to   convert   them   to 

your   faith�察  �Marco   Polo�察  �or   lop   off   their   heads。 And   we   can   send   a   few 



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hundreds   to   the   Pope   at   Rome�察  �and   he   will   never   know   how   they   were 

converted�察�and he will be satisfied。 Only let you not be going away from 

me in my moonlit garden。 You will only be turning to trade�察�Marco Polo�察�

and marrying a woman。            Let you stay here in the moonlit garden� ─�

     ;Ah�察  �little   Golden   Bells�察   �there   is  no   place  in   the  world   like  your 

moonlit garden。        There is no place I'd be liefer than in the moonlit garden。 

But little Golden Bells�察�I set out in life to preach the Lord Jesus crucified。 

It was for that I came China。; 

     ;Let   you   not   be   fooling   yourself�察  �young   Marco   Polo。      Let   you   not 

always be ascribing to God the things that are mine。                You did not come to 

preach to China�察�you came to see me�察�and your mind stirred up with the 

story the sea´captain told�察�of me playing 'Willow Branches' at the Lake of 

Cranes。      O   Marco   Polo�察  �before   you   came   there   were   the   moon   and   the 

sun   and   the   stars�察  �and   I   was   lonely。 O   Marco   Polo�察─  �she   cried�察   �you 

wouldn't go�察�you couldn't go�           �What would you be doing in cold Venice�察�

far from the warm moonlit garden。; 

     ;Sure�察   �I'll  be  lonely�察  �too�察 �little  Golden    Bells�察  �a  white    monk     in  a 

monastery�察�praying for you。; 

     ;But   I   don't   want   to   be   prayed   for�察  �Marco   Polo。; She   stamped   her 

foot。 ;I want to be loved。          And there you have it out of me�察�and a great 

shame to you that you made me say it�察�me that was desired of many�察�and 

would have no man until you came。                And surely it is the harsh God you 

have   made   out   of   The   Kindly   Person   you   spoke   of。      And   'tis   not   He 

would   have   my   heart   broken�察  �and   you   turning   yourself   into   a   crabbed 

monk。      And how do you know your preaching will convert any�拭�'Tis few 

you   converted   here。      Ah�察  �I'm   sorry�察  �dear   Marco   Polo�察  �I   shouldn't   have 

said it�察�but there is despair on me�察�and I afraid of losing you。; 

     ;'Tis true�察�though。      I have nothing�察�nobody to show。; 

     ;You have me。         Am n't I converted�拭        �Am n't I a Christian�拭        �Marco 

Polo�察�let me tell you something。            I said to my father I wanted to marry 

you�察�and I asked him if he would give you a province to govern�察�and he 

said�察�'Sure and welcome。'          And I asked him for Yangchan�察�the pleasantest 

city in all China。      And he said�察�'Sure and welcome�察�Golden Bells。'                And I 

told him we would be married�察�and go there and govern his people kindly。 



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And you wouldn't shame me before my own father�察�and all the people of 

China。      You   couldn't   do   that�察  �Marco   Polo。   Marco   Polo�察─     �she   came 

toward him�察�her eye shining�察  �let you stay� ─�

     ;Christ protect me�       �Christ guide me�       �Christ before me� ─�

     ;Marco Polo� ─�

     ;Christ behind me� ─�

     ;The moon�察�Marco Polo�察�and me�察�Golden Bells�察�and the nightingale in 

the apple´tree� ─�

     ;Christ on my right hand�         �Christ my left�      �Christ below me� ─�

     Her arms were around his neck�察�cheek came close to his。 

     ;Marco Polo�       �Marco Polo� ─�

     ;Christ above me� ─�

     ;My Marco Polo� ─�

     ;O�察�God�      �Golden Bells� ─�

     And   he   put   his   arms   around   her�察  �and   his   cheek   to   hers�察  �and   all   the 

battle and the disappointment and the fear and the strangeness went out of 

him。    And down by the lake the wee frogs chirruped�察�and in the apple´tree 

the    nightingale    never    ceased    from   singing。     And     they   stayed    there 

shoulder   to   shoulder   and   cheek   to   cheek。    And   the   moon   rose   higher。 

And it seemed only a moment they were there�察�until they heard the voice 

of Li Po in the garden。 

     ;Are you there�察�Golden Bells�拭           �Are you there at all�察�at all�拭�For two 

hours I've been hunting and couldn't get sight or sign of you。 I have the 

new song�察�Golden Bells。           For a long time I was dumb�察�but a little while 

ago   the   power   came   to   me�察  �and   I   have   the   new song�察  �Golden   Bells�察  �the 

marrying song。 。 。; 



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                            CHAPTER XX 



     ;Thus far�察─�said Malachi of the Long Glen�察 �the story of Marco Polo。; 

     ;That is a warm story�察�Malachi of the Glen�察�a warm and colored story�察�

and great life to it�察�and Golden Bells is as alive to me as herself there by 

the fire�察�and I can see Marco Polo as plain as I can see my cousin Randall�察�

and he playing with dogs。 。 。; 

     ;If they weren't real and live and warm�察�what would a story be�察�Brian 

Oge�察�but a jumble of dead words�拭          �A house with nobody in it�察�the poorest 

thing in the world。; 

     ;But Marco Polo came back to Venice�察�Malachi�察�and fought in the sea´ 

wars。; 

     ;There's more to tell�察�Brian Oge。         But sometimes I wonder shouldn't 

the best part of the story be kept to yourself。        The people aren't as wise as 

they used to be�察�brown lad。        The end of a story now is a bit of kissing and 

courting and the kettle boiling to be making tea。 

     ;But   the   older   ones   were   wiser�察  �Brian   Donn。  They   knew   that   the 

rhythm of life is long and swinging�察�and that time doesn't stop short as a 

clock。    Sure�察�what is a kiss from the finest of women but a pleasant thing�察�

like a long putt sunk�察�or the first salmon of the year caught like a trout�察�or 

the ball through the goal before the whistle blows�拭            �And there's many a 

well´filled belly over a hungry soul。 

     ;But a story is how destiny is interwoven�察�the fine and gallant and the 

tragic points of life。     And you mustn't look at them with the eyes of the 

body�察�but you must feel with the antennae of your being。 Now�察�if you were 

to look at the Lord Jesus with physical eyes�察�what would it be but a kindly�察�

crazy man and He coming to a hard and bitter end�拭                �Look at it simply�察�

and what was the story of Troy but a dirty row over a woman�拭�

     ;But often times the stories with endings that grocer's daughters do not 

be liking are the stories that are worth while。        And the worth while stories 

do   be   lasting。  Never   clip   a   story   half´ways   because   Widow   Robinson 

doesn't like to have her mind disturbed�察�and she warming her breadth at 

the fire。   The Widow Robinson may have a white coin to buy a book with�察�

and think you're the grand author entirely and you pleasing her。             But Lord 



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God�察�who gave you the stories�察�know you for a louse。 

     ;I call to your mind the stories of great English writer  the plays of 

the   Prince   of   Denmark�察  �and   the   poor   blind   king   on   the   cliff�察  �and   the 

Scottish   chieftain   and   his   terrible   wife。       The  Widow   Robinson   will   not 

like   those   stories�察  �and   she   will   be   keeping   her   white   coin   。   。   。But   those 

stories will endure forever。 。 。 

     ;I will now tell you of Marco Polo�察�and him leaving China。 。 。 



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                             CHAPTER XXI 



     You must see him now as he was seventeen years after he had come to 

China�察�and   fourteen years   after his   wife�察�little Golden   Bells�察�had   died�察 �a 

lean figure of a man�察�with his hair streaked with gray�察�a lean�察�hard face on 

him and savage eyes�察�and all the body of him steel and whale´bone from 

riding on the great Khan's business�察�and riding fast and furious�察�so that he 

might   sleep   and   forget�察  �but   forgetting   never   came   to   him。   。   。You   might 

think he was a harsh man from his face and eyes�察�but he was the straight 

man in administering justice�察�and he had the soft heart for the poor  the 

heart of Golden Bells。 He was easily moved to anger�察�but the fine Chinese 

people   never   minded   him�察  �knowing   he   was   a   suffering   man。        Though 

never a word of Golden Bells came from his mouth�察�barring maybe that 

line of Dante's�察�the saddest line in the world�察�and that he used to repeat to 

himself and no one there�此�

         。 。 。;'la bella persona         Che mi fu tolta。 。 。che mi fu tolta'�察�who 

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