She's going to kill herself when she goes home. It's a foregone conclusion, Makie thinks-- the only thing she could think of, back then, that addressed the stain on her family's honour. Even if she doesn't, tuberculosis will kill her in the end.
Really, who she loves is a closed issue. But.]
I am content, I think. I can... have a life here, instead. Perhaps I will find someone.
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She's going to kill herself when she goes home. It's a foregone conclusion, Makie thinks-- the only thing she could think of, back then, that addressed the stain on her family's honour. Even if she doesn't, tuberculosis will kill her in the end.
Really, who she loves is a closed issue. But.]
I am content, I think. I can... have a life here, instead. Perhaps I will find someone.