54 SIAN-FU, THE MAGNIFICENT 



offer of a cure, which, though difficult, was still 

 possible. He had mortgaged all his land, and 

 occasionally did a little work, in order to get 

 money to buy the drug. He hardly ate any food, 

 and was content, even in winter, with a bundle of 

 straw, in which he burrowed like an animal. 



