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Chapter Nine. The Girls' Club of Punkhung |
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jokes as Haimendorf leaves girls' club; diary keeping |
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It was midnight when I got up to go, but the girls begged me to stay. Apparently they were not burning to be left alone with their boy-friends. I assured them I would gladly stay the whole night, but which of them would spend it with me? Obviously I was joking, but I had apparently found the right tone of conversation for the Punkhung Ladies' Club, and we parted with great hilarity. The young people certainly laughed a long time, and no doubt commented on the white man who went to sleep quite alone in his hut. How could they know that far into the night, and much longer than I liked, I sat at my table recording my comments on them in my diary? |
