Mr. Wu

Mr. Wu - Based on the Play "Mr. Wu" by H. M. Vernon and Harold Owen

The very old man in the chair of carved and inlaid teak wood saw the glint of fear, and he liked it fiercely, although he came of a clan renowned for fearlessness, even in a race that for personal courage has never been matchedunless by the British, the race which of all others it most resembles. Old Wu adored little Wu, and was proud of him with a jealous pride, but he knew that there was nothing craven in the fear that had looked for one uncontrolled instant from his grandsons narrow eyenothing craven, but love for himself, love of home, and a reluctance to leave both; a reluctance that he was the last man in China to resent or to misestimate. Rich almost beyond the dreams of even Chinese avarice, the mandarin was warmly wrapped in clothes almost coolie-plain; but the youngster, who was but his seniors chattel, would have pawned for a fortune as he stood, a ridiculous, gorgeous figure of warmth and of affluence, almost half as broad as long, by virtue of padding. His2 stiffly embroidered robe of yellow silk was worn over three quilted coats, silk too, and well wadded with down of the Manchurian eider duck, and above the yellow silk surcoat he wore a slightly shorter one of rich fur, fur-lined and also wadded. The fur top-coat was buttoned with jewels. The yellow coat was sewn with pearls and with emeralds. Jewels winked on the thick little padded shoes and blazed on his little skull cap. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 66877
Author: Miln, Louise Jordan
Release Date: Dec 4, 2021
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publisher: A. L. Burt Company
Publication Date: 1920
Publisher Country: United States

Contributors

Contributor (Author): Owen, Harold, 1872-1930, Vernon, Harry M., 1878-1942