Word: kueilan
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Dates: during 1948-1948
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...favor? That she can never be his wife Chinese custom dictates; that she can ever be his concubine Jewish law forbids. Peony decides that she must divert David from Leah, the Jewish girl "fairer than any lily," whom Madame Ezra wishes him to marry, and steer him to Kueilan, an empty-headed Chinese beauty. She succeeds; and the novel's titillating climax comes as she prepares the gorgeous marriage bed for David and Kueilan."Through this wedding night she would lie wakeful, her spirit in that other room, hovering over David...
Peony has calculated well. After his initial pleasures with Kueilan, David finds her insufficient and turns to Peony for solace. At one point it seems as if the Jewish law is going to be violated. But Peony resists temptation and retires to a convent where she does many good deeds...
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