VI
AN EYE FOR AN EYE
VI
AN EYE FOR AN EYE[ToC]
It was the time of the blooming of the wistaria. Over in fair Japan the imperial purple clusters were drooping over the roofs of the tea-gardens and the walls of the Emperor's palace, and here in Aunt Jane's garden they hung from the rickety trellis that barely supported the weight of the royal flowers.
Aunt Jane gazed at them with worshipful eyes.