They were hospitable and loved company We sat on a dhurrie under the open sky.

Against these heroes are the puritans, the hoggers of profit, the shysters, the obfuscators, the do-nothings.

But there was little joy for him in Alfredo’s musicality. The boy – the man now – played introvertedly, for nobody’s pleasure but his own.

When we got to Pa-tung, we found out that all the steamships have been requisitioned to transport ammunition and troops. Germany has surrendered to the Allies and the Japanese are desperately fighting for their lives.