“I am independent,” she said. “But not feministy in that way.”

His greed was his undoing.

I have three pairs of kid gloves. I've had kid mittens before from the Christmas tree, but never real kid gloves with five fingers.

On the whole we can state that if there is any local information about the finds of gold and silver vessels from T'ang, then Ch'ang-an — present Hsi-an — or Lo-yang with their neighbourhood is referred to.