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Chapter 15

           ThePeddlers’GuildcarriedthesecommandsofChongMong-jutoeveryvillageandeverysoulinallCho-Sen.Iwasamarkedman.

           Lord,Lord,Cho-Sen,Iknowyoureveryhighwayandmountainpath,allyourwalledcitiesandtheleastofyourvillages.Fortwo-scoreyearsIwanderedandstarvedoveryou,andtheLadyOmeverwanderedandstarvedwithme.Whatweinextremityhaveeaten!—Leavingsofdog’sflesh,putridandunsaleable,flungtousbythemockingbutchers;minari,awater-cressgatheredfromstagnantpoolsofslime;spoiledkimchithatwouldrevoltthestomachsofpeasantsandthatcouldbesmelledamile.Ay—Ihavestolenbonesfromcurs,gleanedthepublicroadforstraygrainsofrice,robbedponiesoftheirsteamingbean-souponfrostynights.

           ItisnotstrangethatIdidnotdie.Iknewandwasupheldbytwothings:thefirst,theLadyOmbymyside;thesecond,thecertainfaiththatthetimewouldcomewhenmythumbsandfingerswouldfast-lockinthegulletofChongMong-ju.

           TurnedalwaysawayatthecitygatesofKeijo,whereIsoughtChongMong-ju,wewanderedon,throughseasonsanddecadesofseasons,acrossCho-Sen,whoseeveryinchofroadwasanoldstorytooursandals.Ourhistoryandidentitywerewide-scatteredasthelandwaswide.Nopersonbreathedwhodidnotknowusandourpunishment.

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