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| 2008-1-27 | "The Old Man’s Will", from Tales of Judge Dee, by Zhu Xiao Di | ||
~ 1 ~ The Old Man’s Will “Someday I’m going to teach these greedy people a lesson,” said Judge Dee, a tall broad-shouldered man with a foot-long black beard and matching side-whiskers. The last tribunal session had been unexpectedly short, and it was too early for dinner. The judge did not want to go to his three wives, because his unanticipated presence at the ladies’ quarters would interrupt their afternoon routines. At this hour his First Lady would be reading the classics and his Third Lady would be practicing painting or calligraphy. As to what his Second Lady might be doing, he wasn’t quite sure. She was less educated, and perhaps still talking with her maid about the day’s shopping, or yet still doing it. The judge’s office was adjacent to the .. | |||
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