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-"IF you think that it would be better for me to remain in the house of Tung, I will do so," said Ming So, sitting very upright opposite Kung Hiao Ling in the big room above the wine-shop at the junction of Frog's Lane and Market street. "It will be difficult to behave with the dignity becoming to a man after what has happened, since everyone in 'The Happy Heart' will be aware that I was stripped of my clothes and made to endure indignities which I cannot contemplate without shivering. But if you think that it would be wise for me to remain."
-"I do think so," said Kung. "Since you are an intelligent boy, I will tell you why I think that it would be wise for you to do so. You see, without your presence at 'The Happy heart' we have no one there on whom we can rely for information. The girl Yang has gone to the Government silk factory, the child who serves meals and sweeps is too young to know how to observe and how not to observe."