she bluntly refused to do so, saying that she had never washed a white man and she would not wash a dirty one.

He asked the American prisoner of war to row to a little island near the coast and then wait for a Korean ship to pass

because the ailing General trusted no other surgeon but Dr Sadao and could have needed his expert services anytime.

because he was a selfish man. He thought of nothing but his own life. He needed Sadao for his operation and he forgot about his promise in his pain.

to get assassinated by his private assassins. He assured the doctor about the removal of the dead body also.

Hana, who had never seen an operation in her life, vomited at the sight of blood but he could not leave his patient. This made him impatient and irritable.

She helped Dr Sadao when he was operating upon the enemy and also nursed and washed the prisoner

they did not approve of the white man staying in the surgeon’s house, thought that Sadao’s stay in America during his education had erased all his sentiments

Sadao married Hana only after confirming that she was a Japanese, as he did not want to upset his father.

because her servants and even her maidservant flatly refused to wash an enemy American out of superstition and fear.

the old General was in pain again and had to be attended to,she thought that he had come to arrest her husband for harbouring an enemy in their house.

There was no signal of the flashlight. It meant that the man had gone, safe on a Korean fishing boat. In this way, he ensured the American’s departure

could have needed his services anytime.