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392 was in the affirmative. If it should turn red, they would know that he had refused.

It must be mentioned that the water which Lady Kinshō used for her toilet flowed down into an artificial pond, which led to the moat, and from there it ran into the Hoang Ho.

Kokusenya and his father therefore had to watch the current of the Hoang Ho, in order to know the result of his mother's interview with Kinshō.