But, pray,
how could
it be
otherwise,
being
trained,
as we
actually
are, to
look upon
slights
inflicted,
either on
our family
honour or
on the
national
pride, as
so many
defilements
and wounds
that would
not be
clean and
heal up
again,
unless by
a thorough
washing
through
vindication?
You may
consider
the cases
of
vendetta
so often
met with
in the
public and
private
life of
Japan,
merely as
a kind of
morning
tub which
a people
take with
whom love
