[O]ld as I am,—I do not mean aged, but well on in years,—I believe in love still.

She suddenly felt strange, and only then realized she'd been drugged.

The canon law on this matter conflicts with several other canon laws.

'So where are you from? Sulianren? What are you doing in Qiqiha'er?' I explained that I was on my way to Mohe, and her eyes widened slightly. 'Why do you want to go to Mohe? There's nothing there. You'd be better off going to Harbin.' I polished off a dumpling moistened in the oily surface of the soup. 'I've just come from Harbin. What about Qiqiha'er - what is there to see here?' 'There's nothing in Qiqiha'er either.'