the mirror of kong ho(空赫的镜子)-第35章
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inconsistency of refusing; even with contempt; to receive our most
intimate form of regard and use this person's lip…cloth after a feast; yet the
mulish eagerness in that same youth to drink from a cup previously used
by a lesser one。 As of the precision (which still remains a cloud of doubt;)
with which creatures so intractable as the bull are successfully trained to
roar aloud at certain gong…strokes of the day as an agreed signal。 As of the
streets in movement; the lights at evening; and the voices of those unseen。
As of these and as of other matters; so multitudinous that they crowd about
this person's mind like the assembling swallows; circling above the
deserted millet fields before they turn their beaks to the sea; and dropping
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his brush (perchance with an acquiescent sigh); he; also; kow…tows
submissively to a blind but appointed destiny; and prepares to seek a
passage from an alien land of sojourning。
With the impetuous craving of an affectionate son to behold a revered
sire; intensified by the fact that he has reached the innermost lining of his
sleeve; with affectionate greetings towards Ning; Hia…Fa; and T'ian Yen;
and an assurance that they have never been really absent from his
thoughts。
KONG HO。
Ernest Bramah; of whom in his lifetime Who's Who had so little to
say; was born in Manchester。 At seventeen he chose farming as a
profession; but after three years of losing money gave it up to go into
journalism。 He started as correspondent on a typical provincial paper; then
went to London as secretary to Jerome K。 Jerome; and worked himself
into the editorial side of Jerome's magazine; To…day; where he got the
opportunity of meeting the most important literary figures of the day。 But
he soon left To…day to join a new publishing firm; as editor of a
publication called The Minister; finally; after two years of this; he turned
to writing as his full…time occupation。 He was intensely interested in coins
and published a book on the English regal copper coinage。 He is; however;
best known as the creator of the charming character Kai Lung who appears
in Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat; Kai Lung's Golden Hours; The Wallet of Kai
Lung; Kai Lung Beneath the Mulberry Tree; The Mirror of Kong Ho; and
The Moon of Much Gladness; he also wrote two one… act plays which are
often performed at London variety theatres; and many stories and articles
in leading periodicals。 He died in 1942。
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