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An Eastern Novel.
standing the fearfulness and modesty of his age looked stedfastl y upon Liu , and it seemed as if nature had discovered at that instant that he was his father . . In short Liu could no longer suppress the agitations of his heart , and breaking silence all of a sudden , asked Tchin if he was in reality Ins son ? It was not from me , replied Tchin , that he recieved life h look
, thougI upon him as my own son ; seven years ago a man passed through this city , leading this boy in his hand , and by chance addressed himself to me , and prayed me to assist him in his extreme necessity ; My wife , says he , is dead , and has only left me this child ; the bad state of my affairs has obliged me to leave my country for a time , and retire to Hoai ngan among relations
my , from whom I expect a sum of money that I may settle myself again ; I have not wherewithal to bear the charges of my journey , will you therefore be so charitable as to advance three tae'ls ? I will restore them faithfully when I return , and as a pledge of my honesty I will commit to your keeping what I hold most dear in the world , that is , my only son ; I shall no sooner arrive at Hoai ngnan but I will return and fetch this dear child .
This confidence affected me much ; I put into his hands the sum that he required , and when he left me , he shed tears , testifying that he left his son with extreme regret ; though what surprized me was that the child seemed unconcerned at the separation ; but not seeing the pretended father return , I had suspicions that I wanted tp have cleared up ; I called the child , and by the different questions that I asked himI found that he was born in the city of
, Vou si ; that one day being from home to see a procession pass b y , and going a little too far , he was deceived , and carried offby a person unknown ; he told me ' also the name of his father and mother , and I soon perceived that the child had been stolen by a villain , for which reason I treated him with compassion , and his behaviour to me gained my heart : I have often intended to take a journey on
purpose to Vottsi to gain information concerning his family , but still I have been prevented by some accident or other : it happened very fortunately that a few moments ago . you were , speaking of your son , and some of your words recalled past transactions fresh to my memory , upon which I sent for the boy to see if you knew him .
At these words Hi eul began to shed tears through excess of joy , at the sight of which Liu did thesame ; a particular mark , says he , will make this matter still more plain ; a little abovehisknee is ablack spot , which was the effect of his mother ' s longing when she was with child of him ; at this Hi eul shewed a mark , which Liu seeino - took him up in his arms and embraced him : My son ! said he , my dear son ! by what good fortune have I found thee again after so long an absence ! [ To be continued . }
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
An Eastern Novel.
standing the fearfulness and modesty of his age looked stedfastl y upon Liu , and it seemed as if nature had discovered at that instant that he was his father . . In short Liu could no longer suppress the agitations of his heart , and breaking silence all of a sudden , asked Tchin if he was in reality Ins son ? It was not from me , replied Tchin , that he recieved life h look
, thougI upon him as my own son ; seven years ago a man passed through this city , leading this boy in his hand , and by chance addressed himself to me , and prayed me to assist him in his extreme necessity ; My wife , says he , is dead , and has only left me this child ; the bad state of my affairs has obliged me to leave my country for a time , and retire to Hoai ngan among relations
my , from whom I expect a sum of money that I may settle myself again ; I have not wherewithal to bear the charges of my journey , will you therefore be so charitable as to advance three tae'ls ? I will restore them faithfully when I return , and as a pledge of my honesty I will commit to your keeping what I hold most dear in the world , that is , my only son ; I shall no sooner arrive at Hoai ngnan but I will return and fetch this dear child .
This confidence affected me much ; I put into his hands the sum that he required , and when he left me , he shed tears , testifying that he left his son with extreme regret ; though what surprized me was that the child seemed unconcerned at the separation ; but not seeing the pretended father return , I had suspicions that I wanted tp have cleared up ; I called the child , and by the different questions that I asked himI found that he was born in the city of
, Vou si ; that one day being from home to see a procession pass b y , and going a little too far , he was deceived , and carried offby a person unknown ; he told me ' also the name of his father and mother , and I soon perceived that the child had been stolen by a villain , for which reason I treated him with compassion , and his behaviour to me gained my heart : I have often intended to take a journey on
purpose to Vottsi to gain information concerning his family , but still I have been prevented by some accident or other : it happened very fortunately that a few moments ago . you were , speaking of your son , and some of your words recalled past transactions fresh to my memory , upon which I sent for the boy to see if you knew him .
At these words Hi eul began to shed tears through excess of joy , at the sight of which Liu did thesame ; a particular mark , says he , will make this matter still more plain ; a little abovehisknee is ablack spot , which was the effect of his mother ' s longing when she was with child of him ; at this Hi eul shewed a mark , which Liu seeino - took him up in his arms and embraced him : My son ! said he , my dear son ! by what good fortune have I found thee again after so long an absence ! [ To be continued . }