Word: whereupon
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Silver Stream and the maidenly Precious Stream (Helen Chandler). The last gives him much trouble because, instead of picking out a prince for a husband, her choice lights on Hsieh (Bramwell Fletcher), her family's handsome and capable gardener. The lovers are banished from Wang's house, whereupon the narrative is briefly clouded by the raven wing of grief. Hsieh is called off to the wars in the Western Regions and, like a Chinese Penelope, Precious Stream puts in the next 18 years waiting in a cave for him to return. When he does, the Wang family...
Thence, by the warden's office who after these many years still thinks I be one of the maintenance department; and thence into the main corridor which so early in the morning is colored in many stained lights; and beautiful it is! Whereupon, no sooner out the door I was much surprised to meet Mr. Durant and was sore at my heart lest he come for the rent; but no, he did come only to see how the workman progressed...
...Whereupon I took occasion to tell him of the noise and that I could not sleep in the Tower this morning but, bless my soul, he was not aware that this be the Vagabond's home these twelve years past. Whereupon he told me he had not been in the Tower since he himself was a student here; whereupon I, very proud, did invite him to visit it again. And he says: "Let's go now." He being a good man I could not refuse...
...Whereupon I did tell him things he did not know: That this Tower possessed magic charms: It be what you think it to be. Whereupon I showed him the wine barrel; the four poster; the stained glass windows; even the bats and the elves; and, but only for a moment, appeared the Old Woman. Alice, The Hatter, and, most real, the Dormouse...
...Whereupon we both laughed and he, being cold, down again. But I do build a fire and read an old book and most appropriately did come upon: "What is Truth...