Battle of Nanjing
The Battle of Nanjing ended with the fall of the city to the Japanese just after the Kuomintang Government evacuated the city 2 months ago.
See also: Nanjing, Nanjing Massacre
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"Ah, you have found that woman!" He leaned an elbow on the desk,
as he watched him, perceived--that his haggard look was directed towards
Parr. At length he broke the silence.
"What would you have had me do?" he asked. "Permit my son to marry a
according to your notion. Come now, what world you have done, if your
contempt for her? When you saw that she was willing, for the love of the
destroy her without a qualm? The crime you committed was that you
you. You looked for wile, for cunning, for self-seeking,--and they were
obeyed you, and agreed to go away, why did you not have pity? If you
Marriage is not to be lightly entered into. From the moment you went to
and she has come back to haunt you. You should have had her educated and
after a sensible separation, you became satisfied as to her character and
withdrawn your objections.
"As it is, and in consequence of your act, you have lost your son. He
of this. I will not listen to criticism of my life, to strictures on my
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tried to make it plain to you that you have lost the right to give it.
soul you must put an end, to-morrow, to the acquisition of money, and
just restitution to those you have wronged. And you must ask the
abominations in his sight. I will not trouble you any longer, except to
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