Then Abe Yasu performed divination, and he came before the Wise Men and said: "The wine is sweet, but the aftertaste is bitter.
Then spoke Abe Yasu: "The wine is sweet, theaftertaste is bitter.
To rinse my mouth of the European aftertaste in order to do justice to whatever of the native bitter-sweet might offer itself in congruous vessels--such a brave dash for discovery, and such only, would give a sense to my posture.
Thus she comforted herself before the aftertaste of Miss von Schwertfeger's late visits was dispelled by new dreams of happiness.
