THE ENEMY By Pearl S Buck It was at this moment that both of them saw something black come out of the mist. It was a man. His father had taken him often to the islands of those seas, and never had failed to say to the little brave boy at his side, 'Those islands yonder, they are the stepping stones to the future of Japan'. 'A White man!' Hana whispered. Yes, it was a white man. The wet cap fell away and there was his wet yellow hair, long, as though for many weeks it had not been cut and upon his young and tortured face was a rough yellow beard. 'Don't faint', he... Show more THE ENEMY By Pearl S Buck It was at this moment that both of them saw something black come out of the mist. It was a man. His father had taken him often to the islands of those seas, and never had failed to say to the little brave boy at his side, 'Those islands yonder, they are the stepping stones to the future of Japan'. 'A White man!' Hana whispered. Yes, it was a white man. The wet cap fell away and there was his wet yellow hair, long, as though for many weeks it had not been cut and upon his young and tortured face was a rough yellow beard. 'Don't faint', he said sharply. He did not put down his exploring instrument. 'If I stop now, the man will surely die.' She clapped her hands to her mouth and leaped up and ran out of the room. Outside in the garden he heard her retching but he went on with his work. 'My old master's son knows very well what he ought to do,' he now said, pinching a bud from a bush as he spoke. 'When the man was so near death why did he not let him bleed? Now Sadao remembered the wound and with his expert finger he began to search for it. Blood flowed freshly at his touch. We must simply tell them that we intend to give him to the police— as indeed we must, Sadao He stood gazing down on the motionless man. This man must have extraordinary vitality or he would have been dead by now. But then he was very young—perhaps not yet twenty five. When she saw him her thick lips folded themselves into stubbornness. 'I have never washed a white man', she said, 'and I will not wash so dirty a one now'. 'Well, well' the old man said in a tone of amazement, 'so I did! But you see, I suffered a good deal. The truth is, I thought of nothing but myself. In short, I forgot my promise to you'. 'It is very unfortunate that this man should have washed up on your door step'. He said irritably. Show less
THE ENEMY By Pearl S Buck
It was at this moment that both of them saw something black come out of the mist. It was a man.
His father had taken him often to the islands of those seas, and never had failed to say to the little brave boy at his side, 'Those islands yonder, they are the stepping stones to the future of Japan'. 'A White man!' Hana whispered. Yes, it was a white man. The wet cap fell away and there was his wet yellow hair, long, as though for many weeks it had not been cut and upon his young and tortured face was a rough yellow beard. 'Don't faint', he said sharply. He did not put down his exploring instrument. 'If I stop now, the man will surely die.' She clapped her hands to her mouth and leaped up and ran out of the room. Outside in the garden he heard her retching but he went on with his work. 'My old master's son knows very well what he ought to do,' he now said, pinching a bud from a bush as he spoke. 'When the man was so near death why did he not let him bleed?
Now Sadao remembered the wound and with his expert finger he began to search for it. Blood flowed freshly at his touch. We must simply tell them that we intend to give him to the police— as indeed we must, Sadao He stood gazing down on the motionless man. This man must have extraordinary vitality or he would have been dead by now. But then he was very young—perhaps not yet twenty five. When she saw him her thick lips folded themselves into stubbornness. 'I have never washed a white man', she said, 'and I will not wash so dirty a one now'. 'Well, well' the old man said in a tone of amazement, 'so I did! But you see, I suffered a good deal. The truth is, I thought of nothing but myself. In short, I forgot my promise to you'.
'It is very unfortunate that this man should have washed up on your door step'. He said irritably.
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