![]() ![]() ![]() The fears were unfounded as the old general had been suffering from an ailment. She felt the servants must have complained and the messenger had come to arrest Sadao. In the evening a messenger in uniform arrived. Hana wanted Sadao to get rid of the American quickly. Hana had to do all the household work on her own. The gardener was there since he was a boy. On the seventh day, the servants leave Sadao’s house. The gardener felt the prisoner should have been allowed to bleed to death. Sadao removed the bullet from the wound and declared that the American would survive. Hana observed that there were red scars on the soldier’s neck and realised that he had been tortured. Hana had never seen an operation and she felt like vomiting. He wanted her to give the patient the anaesthetic. He washed his back and asked Hana to help him. He turned over the wounded soldier who lay unconscious. He returned with his surgeons’ emergency bag. ![]()
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