[The Wallet of Kai Lung by Ernest Bramah]@TWC D-Link bookThe Wallet of Kai Lung CHAPTER I 7/79
If also the accomplished Lin Yi would bestow renown upon the occasion by his presence, no omen of good would be wanting." "The pleasures of the city lie far behind me," said Lin Yi, after some thought, "and I would cheerfully submit myself to an intellectual accomplishment such as you are undoubtedly capable of.
But as we have necessity to leave this spot before the hour when the oak-leaves change into night-moths, one of your amiable stories will be the utmost we can strengthen our intellects with.
Select which you will.
In the meantime, food will be brought to refresh you after your benevolent exertions in conversing with a person of my vapid understanding.
When you have partaken, or thrown it away as utterly unendurable, the time will have arrived, and this person, together with all his accomplices, will put themselves in a position to be subjected to all the most dignified emotions." II "The story which I have selected for this gratifying occasion," said Kai Lung, when, an hour or so later, still pinioned, but released from the halter, he sat surrounded by the brigands, "is entitled 'Good and Evil,' and it is concerned with the adventures of one Ling, who bore the honourable name of Ho.
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