Bamboo Fragrance

Chapter 119
When Zhao Junyi heard that nearly a thousand soldiers had symptoms of weakness in limbs, vomiting, and sometimes high fever and sometimes chills, he couldn't help frowning.

Thinking about when this symptom first appeared in the army two days ago, there were only dozens of people. How could it develop to this point in just over two days?
The military doctor was summoned to ask.

Several old military doctors who accompanied the army, after some discussion, cupped their hands and said: "Return to the general, the old man and others can see the development and symptoms of the sick soldiers for two days, and they may be infected with the epidemic at that time."

"Plague?"

Zhao Junyi was shocked when he heard this, and seeing several people nodding, their brows were furrowed even more deeply.

"How many doctors can cure each other?"

Several people looked at me and I looked at you, but they all shook their heads and remained silent.

Since ancient times, few people who have contracted the symptoms of the epidemic can survive, because the epidemic at this time is not only incurable, but also spreads extremely fast!

In order to prevent, we can only use the method of isolation.For those who are isolated, most of them are left to fend for themselves!

Therefore, in many dynasties, as long as there is a plague, the place where it originated will be sent to isolate it from the world, blocking it from communicating with healthy people outside.

And often at this time, it will be difficult for living people to survive in that isolated place.

When the real epidemic disappears, all that remains are pots of ashes and a desolate empty city.

In today's military camps, it is not clear how many people have been infected.

Is there anyone hiding it, or is there a group of people who are not showing symptoms?These are still unknown.

If everyone is isolated, then the hundreds of thousands of elite troops will eventually be surrounded by the epidemic at this time, and by then, no matter whether Yasukuni wins or not, it will be the vitality of Bianguo Big injury.

After Zhao Junyi listened, he frowned for a moment and ordered: "Isolate the sick person alone first, and if there is any discovery in the future, they will be isolated according to this. By the way, is there any preventive medicine to drink?"

"Prevention medicines are just some herbal medicines to clear away heat, detoxify and strengthen physical fitness. For the epidemic, I'm afraid it will have little effect!"

"It's better than nothing!" The man looked at the few people with deep eyes, "From today onwards, the military doctors will be busy, and they have to boil this preventive medicine for three meals a day. Pay attention to personal precautions!"

"Yes!" Several people cupped their hands.

After Zhao Junyi waved the few people back, all the generals came to discuss.

At that time, when all the generals heard this, their faces changed drastically.

What's more, he immediately yelled impatiently, "Son of a son of a bitch, it's designated as a good thing for those Yasukuni gangsters to do. It's obvious that they can't be beaten, and the motherfuckers are here to trick you?!"

"General, what should I do?"

"What should we do? Fuck it, the epidemic in his own country can't be cured, and he still wants to implicate us? While we are all well, we can die with his mother!"

"Lin Jun, don't be reckless!"

The generals were arguing one after another, Zhao Junyi calmly analyzed it, and waved the crowd to stop.

"The most urgent task now is to reduce the infection, but also to find the source of the disease."

"General, tell me, what should you do?" The sixth-rank general named Lin Jun said it impatiently.

Zhao Junyi put his hands behind his back and pondered for a while, "In this situation, there are no more than two methods of infection. One is direct infection, that is, some of our soldiers have had direct contact with dead bodies infected with the outdated epidemic. When we attacked the city, Among the enemy troops captured in the battle, it is very likely that someone was mixed up with this person infected with the epidemic. Although we have buried him now, we can't ignore it. It is best to burn it, so as to avoid a second time. Contact, it is better to stay still for the time being. The second situation, which is also the most serious situation, is the water source problem! Now the place where we set up camp is less than half a mile from the big river. Has someone put rot in the upper reaches of the water source? We don't know about the corpse, so we have to investigate it!"

"The general is right, so let's use this method to find it!"

"Okay! Then let's start by finding a water source!"

Zhao Junyi nodded, "Let's leave this matter to General Lin! The rest of the generals and all parties should pay attention to it. If anyone has fever, limb weakness and fear of cold, they will all be isolated!"

"The end will obey orders!"

Zhao Junyi nodded.

After the arrangement was completed, everyone dispersed, and after he quickly went to the case table, he wrote the battle report.

When it was finished, Zhao Junyi came in with a special soldier to deliver the newspaper, "It is urgent, and it must be delivered to Beijing within ten days!"

After the soldier with the letter delivery flag took it, he immediately cupped his hands and said, "Yes!"

……

By the time the capital received the letter of the epidemic, the army of changing the country at that time had grown to the point where everyone was suffering from the epidemic.

At that time, in the army that changed the country, even though the source of water had been found, the rapid development of the disease was still unable to be curbed. After a general was also successfully infected, the soldiers in the barracks, who had been suppressed for many days, finally began to recover. became restless.

Everyone was panicking and trembling all day long, which caused an unprecedented downturn in the morale of the army!
After Zhao Junyi discovered this situation, although he tried to appease him several times, it still had little effect.

In less than two days after sending the first letter, he sent many letters to the capital one after another.

On the one hand, it is to report the battle situation, and on the other hand, it is to let the Imperial Hospital in the capital come up with a way to suppress it as soon as possible.

Otherwise, if it continues at this speed, I am afraid that the army of the country will be changed, and it will really die without a fight.

On the other side, Cui Jiu was also sweating profusely when he received such letters one after another. He took his symptoms to the Tai Hospital for several days to study, but there was still no result.

At that time, he was so angry that he wished he could twist the heads of these gangsters one by one.

After receiving the fifth letter again, Cui Jiu couldn't sit still.

"Go, go and prepare the horses and chariots, I will go to Huancheng personally!"

"Yes!"

As for the news that the army of the changed country was infected with the epidemic, the news spread quickly.

Li Kongzhu, who was a commoner in Zhaojia Village at that time, all heard the news.

Regarding the epidemic, to put it bluntly, in this age of extremely scarce medical conditions, there is no other way but to wait for death in isolation.

Li Kongzhu was hugging his son who was getting heavier, and after hearing the news, he sat there with a blank expression on his face and didn't say a word for a long time.

Meatball was about to be strangled by her, turned around and whimpered uncomfortably, wanting to get away from her.

Seeing her in a daze, Yu Jiadi quickly called out in distress, "Girl!"

Li Kongzhu regained his senses.

Seeing the old man and the Yu family's two mother and daughter looking at her worriedly for a moment, they made an ugly smile, "It's none of my business!"

Elder Hua sighed softly, thinking for a long time, "I'm afraid I'll have to go back to Beijing if something like this happens."

Li Kongzhu looked at him in a blink of an eye. "You have a way?"

The old man shook his head, "The symptoms of this thing are various, and I don't know which one it is. Since ancient times, this epidemic has been the most difficult disease to cure. It can be seen that there are still people in Yasukuni suffering from it. I am afraid there is no cure. Already!"

"Isn't it possible with your medical skills?"

The old man smiled wryly, "This old man's medical skills are only learned from medical books and famous scholars. Compared with ordinary people, he is only two points higher in pulse diagnosis and acupuncture methods, and he dares to prescribe heavy medicine. For this kind of incurable disease I am sick, but there is nothing I can do about it!" But even so, he still had to go back to Beijing to see the source of the disease, and if possible, he might bring medicine to the battlefield.Otherwise, if you don't work hard, the hundreds of thousands of troops who are afraid of changing the country will really surrender without a fight.

Li Kongzhu turned pale, tried his best to endure the shock in his heart, and asked the old man, "When are you leaving?"

"Of course, the sooner the better!" Staying for a moment is a delay, so naturally you can't stay for long.

Li Kongzhu nodded, restrained his trembling voice and ordered Yu's family to say: "Go and help Hua Laojiang pack up his things, and then prepare the car with Jianning, and send Hua Lao back to Beijing!"

"Yes!" Yu Jiadi hurriedly retreated after saluting.

After everything is lightly packed and ready for what you need.

Li Kongzhu held the meatball who was babbling and didn't understand anything, and stood at the gate to send the old man off.

The old man took a look at the child, then got into the car with a wave, lifted the curtain from the inside and said, "Be careful, I will find a way."

Li Kongzhu nodded, and after he set off with Jianning, as if thinking of something, he rushed to the carriage that was already driving, and shouted to the old man: "Old Hua, when you go back, can you bring me the symptoms of the disease?" One copy?"

At that time, Mr. Hua listened, poked his head out of the car, saw that she was running with a child in his arms, and stopped immediately drinking Jianning.

Waiting for the car to stop, when she ran to her, the old man looked at her and asked, "Why do you want that symptom?"

At this time, Li Diaozhu was a little out of breath due to the exhaustion of running vigorously, "You don't need to ask so much, just ask if you can give it!"

The old man looked at her for a long time, saw that her eyes were full of toughness, and finally sighed helplessly, "Forget it, let's treat it as an old man who still has a favor with you."

"Thank you Hua Lao!" Li Kongzhu saluted him.

After watching the car start again and walk away.

The woman turned around with the child in her arms, and began to order Qi Yu's family: "Go to the mountain to pick some peaches, I will make some canned peaches!"

Yu Jia looked at her, although he was puzzled, he saluted without asking, "Yes!"

Let's talk about Mr. Hua's side, the car was leaving the town, and when he was about half a day along the way, he encountered a secret guard who reported that Cui Jiu was also driving towards the direction around the town.

After hearing this, the old man's expression darkened immediately, and he asked the hidden guard, "How far is the distance between us?"

"Less than a day's drive!"

"Okay, let's find a clean inn in the small town ahead, and you go and inform that kid, let's meet up in that small town!"

"Yes!"

After the dark guard led the order to go away invisibly, the old man put down his seat and shouted at the person holding the car: "Speed ​​up!"

"Yes!"

……

At noon the next day, Cui Jiu's carriage hurriedly arrived at the meeting inn.

At that time, the old man was sitting cross-legged on the wide couch facing the window in the room, watching the scenery outside the window, making tea in a leisurely manner.

Hearing the knock on the door, the old man looked at Jian Ning who was standing by the door calmly.

Jian Ning shivered all over his body, and hurriedly opened the door with his head bowed.

As soon as Cui Jiu entered, he saw the old man sitting there, looking outside as if he hadn't noticed him.

With a shudder on his face, he no longer had the same smirk as before, and waved the person in the room to retreat.

After there were only two people left in the room, and before the old man opened his mouth to sarcasm, he saw him kneel down with his robe lifted.

"Uncle!"

"But you can't!" The old man didn't expect him to make this move. After his eyelids twitched for a while, he turned around and avoided him. "Now you are the honor of the ninety-five sons of heaven. I'm just a commoner doctor. If you can't bear the emperor's gift, in order not to upset the old man, the emperor should hurry up and invite you!"

Cui Jiu shook his head when he heard this, and took two steps on his knees with his robe lifted, he stretched out his hand and wanted to grab the old man's wide sleeve, but the old man flicked his hand, immediately making him go away.

Cui Jiu didn't feel annoyed, his face was full of remorse, "I know it's wrong to use my uncle, but now I am no longer the prince who only holds a small power in the past, the government is complicated, and I try all kinds of schemes The means, the trade-off of interests. It’s no longer up to me!”

"Uncle, this kneeling, what I kneel down is the guilt of a younger generation towards the elders. But as a person in power, I also have my own difficulties that I have no choice but to do. I hope uncle will let me know!"

The old man didn't say a word, Cui Jiu knelt there and waited quietly, with guilt all the time on his face, showing no trace of anger or dissatisfaction.

After a while, the old man laughed at himself, "You are more advanced than the law now." He turned his eyes to look at the handsome face next to him, and saw that his narrow and flirtatious eyes in the past had already been covered with the deep and deep look of the person in power. , the majestic folds between the brows, which means that it has been a long time since he smiled.

"Get up!"

The old man's deep voice made Cui Jiu's heart flustered, and when he got up to put it down, he didn't look at him but still looked out the window.

After thinking about it, he sat across from him and reached out to pour him a cup himself.

The old man looked at the tea in the cup and laughed at himself, "I am flattered to be treated like this!"

Cui Jiu paused, and when he put the cup on, he saw that the old man also used the same method to refill him with tea, "I also have the same heart for the emperor's concerns. It's hard for the emperor to say this." As soon as it’s out! Now you and I are the difference between the monarch and the minister, and you only need to open your mouth in everything, and the minister will go through fire and water! "

"Uncle!" Cui Jiu frowned, he knelt down not because of that, but...

Seeing him opening his mouth to argue, the old man raised his hand to stop, "The emperor cares about the lives of thousands of soldiers on the border, I understand. And I also made a decision. I originally wanted to go to Beijing to understand the source of the disease. Now that the emperor has come in person Why don't you tell Yuchen about the illness."

Cui Jiu saw that there was no doubt on his face, and knew that he was determined to do so.

Although he felt uncomfortable, he still agreed with a sullen face.

"Papa!" After two rounds of applause, the guards outside stepped in.

"Bring me my letter box!"

"Yes!" The chief eunuch in ordinary civilian clothes quickly retreated after answering.

After a cup of tea, I saw him come back with a small box in his arms, and then he bowed his waist and presented it to him.

Cui Jiu took it, and took out the key from the golden-threaded dark purple lotus bud on his body. After opening it, he pushed the letter inside to Hua Lao.

Hua Lao took a look and saw that there were many seals in his handwriting.

With a mocking smile on his face, he stretched out his hand, but only took the letter in Zhao Junyi's handwriting.

An envelope was opened, and after seeing the symptoms of the disease, he put it on the table and asked Cui Jiu, "Has the Tai Hospital come up with any medicine to suppress it?"

"Those quack doctors!" Cui Jiu snorted coldly, and when he mentioned this, he felt a little gnashing of teeth in it, "Everyone is so cautious that they have studied for several days, and tried to prescribe some medicines for clearing away heat and detoxification. The quantity is not as good as that of border military doctors. In order to save their lives, they prescribed medium-temperature prescriptions, thinking that I would not know? Such a hospital, if you want it or not, I don’t think it will be of much use!”

Hua Lao listened expressionlessly, and put a letter of symptoms in the envelope, and said without responding to his words: "Someone will send this letter to Huancheng Town, I guess, then The girl is afraid that she will rush to the border, so if you still have a conscience, you will allow her to go. And her personal safety must be guaranteed!"

Cui Jiu frowned when she heard that, "She is a woman, so what help can she do even if she goes? Isn't this adding to the trouble?"

"Add to the trouble?" The old man looked at him and snorted softly, "Your husband threw his head and blood for you, and you made contributions for you in order to make her husband concentrate on you. Jing. Now that your husband is facing danger and may never come back, do you still want to prevent the husband and wife from seeing each other for the last time?"

"This may not be too serious!" Cui Jiu looked at him, "Uncle, aren't you going to the border?"

"Oh!" Elder Hua snorted coldly, "I only said that I went to the border, but I didn't say that I have the ability to curb it."

Seeing him frowning and about to open his mouth, the old man immediately blurted out: "But even if it is like this, I must not give up and run to the border because of incurable diseases. Falling down helpless!" Even if it doesn't work, he will go to try it, if it doesn't work, then he will choose to live and die with everyone.In that case, it would not be in vain for him to do his best as a medical practitioner!

Cui Jiu's face sank when he heard this, and he didn't speak again for a while.

Seeing this, the old man calmly pushed the letter paper to him, and said: "Let the people prepare the carriages and horses, and the medicinal materials will follow. If it is ok, I will set off immediately today!"

"Uncle~" Cui Jiu couldn't bear it.

The old man raised his hand to stop him, "Isn't that why you came this time! Why bother to struggle again!"

After Cui Jiu heard this, he sighed softly for a long time.

"Come on!"

"exist!"

"Prepare the car to send Hua Lao!"

"Yes!"

……

It only took Li Kongzhu half a day to pick two baskets of unripe peaches, boil them and pack them up.

It was already dark at that time, and she was extremely tired, lying on the pit of the main house, smiling as she watched the little meatball singing and babbling.

Stretched out a finger, held one finger for him to hold, shook it, looked at him and said: "If your mother is gone, will you miss your mother?"

"Ah~~" Rouwanzi still didn't understand, holding his old lady's hand thinking that he was going to play with him, grinning toothlessly, and whining happily.

Seeing that his mother was a little far away, the boy clapped his hands again, grasped her fingers tightly, and kept nodding to beckon for her to hug.

Li Kongzhu stood up supporting his tired body, and hugged him who couldn't crawl.

When the boy saw that he had left the pit, he immediately became happy, and while yelling, he stretched out his head and arched her chest.

Li Kongzhu smiled, and lightly pinched his chubby face with his fingernails, "Little greedy cat!" Then he unbuttoned his clothes and began to feed him.

The boy found milk to eat, and immediately started to eat seriously, regardless of playing.

Li Diaozhu leaned on the kang cabinet behind him, dropped his shoes on the floor with his pedals, and carefully moved them onto the kang, watching the baby suckling, his eyes began to think of something dull and distant.

After an unknown amount of time, when she finally came back to her senses, she found that the child had fallen asleep with his nipple in his mouth.

Carefully picked him up, and after straightening his clothes, he hugged him firmly and patted his back lightly.

After controlling the milk, he carefully moved him to the small mattress that had been laid out, and when he put it down gently, the child unconsciously grabbed a finger inadvertently.

The woman chuckled, and opened her eyes to look at him while lying beside him.

Today's boy is 110 days old, his eyebrows and eyes are completely opened, his smooth white forehead looks like a man's full heaven, his eyes have long eyeliner, and when he opens his eyes, he has a pair of very watery phoenix eyes. Not quite, but there are still traces of men.

Caressing the child's face with her fingertips, the woman found that the son had been looking for it for so long and had been looking for it for so long.

On the whole face, except for the bright red lips with a moderate thickness, there is nothing similar to her.

Lovingly planting a kiss on his forehead, the woman pulled the quilt over, ignoring the oil lamp that was about to run out, closed her eyes, held her son's little hand, and slowly fell asleep.

July [-]th was the third day Hua Lao left.

Cui Jiu sent someone to deliver the disease that the woman asked for.

At that time, Li Kongzhu felt somewhat relieved after watching it.

Asking the man who sent the letter: "Did your master say anything?"

After hearing this, the sender said without any concealment: "The master said that if the girl must go, he will wait for the girl in the town to see her off!"

This is to see her?
Li Kongzhu folded the letter paper, "Then let's meet in town!"

"In the evening, the carriage will come to pick up the girl!"

Li Kongzhu nodded, and after waiting for the man to leave, he went to pack his luggage at Yujiadi.

"Girl~" It was obvious that Yu Jiadi knew her purpose, and he totally disapproved of her order, "Brother is still young!"

After Li Kongzhu heard this, he turned his head and looked at the meatballs on the kang who were playing vigorously, so he said with a smile from left to right: "Yes, I don't know if it's good to have a nurse at such a young age, why don't you invite a nurse? "

"Girl!" Yu Jia was in a hurry. He didn't care about the master and servant and came over to pull her, "Do you really want to ignore it like this? Now you are the only master left in this family. If you have another What are the three pros and cons, then...brother, and Ruo Da’s family business, what should you do if you let the old slave’s family go?”

As she said that, her eyes turned red, and then tears fell down.

Yu Xiaoling also persuaded, wiping away her tears, "Girl! Think hard about it, this matter must not be a joke. Although my uncle is in danger now, if you want to be in danger again, don't you let me Did my brother lose his mother while losing his father? The family business is so big, and the people here are all ignorant. If you just leave like this, then, that brother must not let them eat. Are there no bones left?"

"What nonsense!" Yu Jiadi yelled at his daughter's inability to speak.

Yu Xiaoling wiped her tears with a silk handkerchief, knowing that she had made a slip of the tongue, "Your servant is a slip of the tongue! But please don't blame the girl, the servant is also thinking of the girl and brother!"

Rouwanzi didn't understand the affairs of adults, and when she heard their whimpering, she rolled her eyes curiously.

"Ah~" He innocently held up the little wooden horse in his hand, as if to say stop crying and let you play with it.

Li Kongzhu pursed his lips and picked up his son, stroked his soft and dense hair, and sighed: "I will explain this matter well." Seeing that the two were about to argue, the woman's eyes sank, "And what's more, I Husband will be fine, and neither will I. If all goes well, I will come back when it snows. During this period, I will trouble you to take care of me!"

"girl!"

"All right!"

It's not that she doesn't understand the two people's worries, but she can't just ignore them.

Other people's lives have nothing to do with her, but she can't ignore Zhao Junyi.She just felt that that method was still worth a try, and it was not convincing. Except for Zhao Junyi, no one else would believe her.

In this case, she might as well go there.

Listening to the babbling children singing beside her ears, Li Kongzhu kept finding excuses in her heart, she didn't ignore her son, she just temporarily chose the most serious one between the two.

Seeing her resolute attitude, Yu Jiadi knew that there was no result in persuasion, so he wiped away his tears, blessed him, and walked out.

Li Kongzhu kissed the child's face, tears began to roll in his eyes, and he said to Yu Xiaoling: "Go to the town and ask Brother Li for me. I had someone deliver a letter to him yesterday. Ask him to help find the nanny. You can ask to see if you find it. If you find it, let me come to work today. Are there any milk sheep that have just given birth!"

Yu Xiaoling nodded with red eyes, and ran out quickly after Fu passed by.

"Ah~" Meatball called her.

The woman put on an ugly smile with red eyes, "Remember to be obedient, and what's more, if you don't have milk, you are a mother. When I come back, if you find that you have forgotten your mother, be careful that I will spank your little ass! "

"Yeah~~" Seeing her crying, Xiao'er stretched out his little finger to touch her face, seeing that the more she touched the tears, the more he started to touch her face.

Seeing that he couldn't stop picking, the child couldn't help being annoyed and began to pick harder and harder, and shouted impatiently while picking.

Li Kongzhu was allowed to be picked by him at first, but when he saw that he was getting angry at last, he quickly turned his eyes and wiped his tears with his sleeve.Hugging him, she got up quickly, and started teasing him to play Feifeifei in the room.

In a blink of an eye, the originally silent main room was instantly filled with the clear and crisp laughter of the child.

When it was dark, Li Kongzhu put the meatballs on the milk and fell asleep, and was holding the milk for him, when Cui Jiu's carriage came over there.

The woman stood in the main room, looked at the man in black who entered the yard through the window, and gently placed the sleeping meatball on the small mattress.

Looking at the sleeping face for a while, finally reluctantly kissed her on the forehead, got up, and asked the new nanny: "Did you remember what I told you?"

"Girl, don't worry! I, servant girl, will remember it!"

Facing her awkward salute, the woman didn't criticize her, she just nodded and told her to keep watch at night, "He sleeps very regularly at night, usually he will wet the bed at Haishi and Yinshi. If he didn't cry at the time, remember to get up on time to touch it, and pee on the way!"

"Slave remembered."

Seeing this, Li Kongzhu nodded and couldn't help repeating what he had already said.

It wasn't until the man in black came to remind him that Li Kongzhu reluctantly kissed his son's cheek again.

Standing up, he looked at it with red eyes for a while, and finally turned his eyes cruelly, and walked outside.

Outside, Yu Jiadi had already packed the things he needed into the car, and he was standing there at this moment, watching her with red eyes, hesitant to speak but stopped.

Li Kongzhu nodded at her, and said to the black clothes standing there respectfully: "Let's go!"

"Girl~" Yu Jia shouted urgently, "Why don't you let Xiaoling accompany you, there should be someone to take care of you on the way, it's more convenient!"

Li Kongzhu shook his head, "You just have to take care of the house for me!"

"Third Aunt~" Zhao Niqiu looked at her with tears streaming down his face.He doesn't know what's wrong, why didn't the master leave in a few days, and now even the third aunt is leaving?

What has he missed these days?Why don't you know anything?
Li Kongzhu smiled and touched his little head, "Remember to practice well at home what your master taught, and also, take care of the account for the third aunt and take care of the younger brother, do you hear me?"

Zhao Niqiu wiped away his tears, and nodded his head choked up while crying.

Seeing him like this, Li Kongzhu bent over and whispered a few words of comfort in his ear.

Seeing that he finally stopped crying, he said with a determined face: "I know, third aunt, don't worry, I will take good care of the family!"

Li Kongzhu nodded in relief, "You said this. When I come back, if you don't take good care of my family, I will spank your ass!"

"it is good!"

Seeing the child's firm and serious swearing, the woman laughed for a moment, shook her head, nodded to the others, and then walked out the door.

After getting into the car, he raised the curtain and waved to everyone, then ordered the man in black, "Let's go!"

Just as the words were about to fall, the sound of the whip being raised, followed by a sound of driving, and the carriage quickly rushed towards the entrance of the village.

"Third Aunt~"

Zhao Niqiu's yell made the woman lift the curtain to look over her head, and when she saw that Yu Jiadi held him and covered her mouth, she waved her hand at him.

Seeing this, Zhao Niqi waved his hands vigorously at her.

After the carriage was far away and no one could be seen anymore, Li Kongzhu slowly retracted his head, looked at the exquisite carriage with angina, and thought about what could be done, even for a while, to Let her transfer this uncomfortable parting...

(End of this chapter)