And the world? Oh, my lord, there are distances farther than the peaks of Siang, and they will call you from me. It cannot be that you who have known all lands will be content with one. I would see the strange people you have made your brothers, would listen to their dreams, and read the future with their hearts. There are dangers you would not let my body share—I do not ask that—but my soul, you could forbid it nothing.
Shun
What have you heard? What has Makuro said to you?
Wong Fe
What should he say but that the cakes were good, and the tea had the flavor of the fields of Hunan?
Shun
We must join our friends. Where do they wait?
Wong Fe
They listen for the boat that will stop at the foot of the orchard. Why do they go? Old friends should not be so brief in greeting. Could they not stay one night?