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I am coming to you now.
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Please come meet me, my dear husband.
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My lady!
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My lady!
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Oh, good heavens.
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What are you doing over there?
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It's dangerous!
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I said it's dangerous!
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Madam!
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Come here! Quickly!
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Eun-sil.
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Let's go.
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My lady.
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No, wait.
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Well, I…
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"An Hui-yeon."
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THE SCANDAL
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Because I wish to hold…
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a child that bears your likeness
in my arms.
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Do you still…
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hold me in your heart?
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Do you?
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Is that it?
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Madam.
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Madam, it is Gye-hwa.
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Pardon the intrusion.
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Madam.
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The Lady of the First Rank
has sent more medicinal herbs.
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What shall we send in return?
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About the Left State Councilor's house.
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You know his eldest son suddenly died
a few years ago, do you not?
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As it happens, I crossed paths
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with his young widow on my way to Hanyang.
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I saw her only briefly,
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yet she had a certain allure
that draws a man in.
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As though
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she were concealing
a deep sensuality beneath the surface.
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Is that so?
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You scoffed at the matter of So-ok,
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yet at the mention of a widow,
your eyes fairly light up.
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It is only natural, is it not?
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A woman of fate in full bloom
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is far more diverting
than some downy little girl.
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By your words alone,
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one would think you have already
held her in your arms.
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A widow like her?
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I could easily have her
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within the month.
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She has remained untouched
for more than 20 years.
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Are you saying you could so easily conquer
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a woman so fiercely protective
of her chastity?
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What is it
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you wish to see?
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Whatever do you mean?
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I merely fear
you may bring ruin upon yourself
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meddling with such a woman.
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She is the Left State Councilor's
daughter-in-law, after all.
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Let us forget the matter of So-ok,
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and you should put aside
these idle amusements as well.
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Idle amusements?
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Could it be that
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you are jealous?
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I spoke only out of concern,
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yet that is how you took it?
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Indeed.
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I had meant to amuse myself a bit,
but you bid me stop.
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Now I find myself
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all the more intrigued.
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Oh, dear.
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Are you truly saying
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- you would pursue her even at such risk?
- Why?
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Do you doubt me?
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What will you do if I succeed?
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I plainly warned you against it,
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yet if you insist upon seeing it through…
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then I shall reward you.
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Whatever you desire.
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Whatever
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I desire?
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The only thing I desire is you.
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Surely you know
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that I have waited over a decade.
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Then can you
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write a heartfelt account
of the sound of that widow's door opening
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after 20 long years?
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Can you prove it to me in writing?
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Yes.
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I could even stand before you
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and read it aloud.
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And if you fail,
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what will you give me?
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As you wish,
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I shall see that So-ok bears a child.
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Then we are agreed?
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We are…
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agreed.
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- We'll finish early, won't we?
- Yes, it's almost done.
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Oh, I heard you already!
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Damn it. She gets boiled meat?
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And nothing for the maid
who isn't pregnant. How unfair!
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- I'm dying for a bite of meat myself.
- Eun-sil!
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Eun-sil!
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We are leaving shortly!
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All right, I heard you!
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Oh, it's…
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It's nice to meet you.
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Is your name Eun-sil?
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That's a nice name.
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And your face is even nicer.
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Oh, my.
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What you have down there
is rather nice too.
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Yes, very nice.
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Get away from me, you filthy bum!
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No, wait…
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Wait! Listen.
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Are you craving meat?
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My lord!
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My lord.
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It seems she's craving meat. Good grief.
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Meat?
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Yes.
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You don't say.
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Meat while in mourning?
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I meant, Eun-sil.
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The lady's maid.
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- "Eun-sil"?
- Yes.
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- You have learned her name already?
- Yes.
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Thanks to you, my splendid master,
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I have tasted beef, pork,
every kind of meat there is.
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But other lowborn folk could never
even hope to get a bite of meat.
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Right?
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Find out where that girl Eun-sil has gone.
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Yes, sir.
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Here.
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All right.
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"I cannot…
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get you out of my mind, my lady."
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How's that, Chil-seong?
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Good.
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No, that won't do.
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"I cannot forget the moment
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I first
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laid eyes upon you."
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Isn't that better?
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Yes.
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All right.
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Hey, you fool. Keep still.
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Now I have ruined it.
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Again.
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My lady!
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Good heavens, look who it is!
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It has been far too long.
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Who might you be?
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I don't know from which family you come,
but I don't believe we have met.
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Do you not remember me?
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I am brother-in-law to Minister Yoo.
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My name is Cho Won.
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I thought I had seen you before
and wished to pay my respects.
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Forgive me
if I have made you uncomfortable.
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I do live near Minister Yoo's residence,
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so perhaps
we have seen each other in passing.
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Oh, are you
his wife's younger brother then?
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Her cousin, in fact.
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I shall pay you a visit with her soon.
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Very well.
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My lady.
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My lady.
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Go.
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- Take this.
- What is it?
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A letter.
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- You can read and write too?
- Just go.
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My lady.
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My sincerest condolences.
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Thank you.
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Oh, yes.
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Earlier today, I met the gentleman
who is said to be your cousin.
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Pardon?
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I had long heard
much about him, of course.
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But even at a glance,
his beauty was striking enough
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to make it plain he shares your blood.
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You flatter us.
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Please.
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Young Master Geum-ho…
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Forgive me.
I still call him that out of habit.
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This belonged to your late husband.
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He often came to read
in our study annex while he was alive.
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I believe this is a copy
he transcribed himself then.
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Go on, open it.
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You can feel both his bold spirit
and steadfast character, can you not?
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Would you
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please tell me
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what sort of man he was?
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He was
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truly a remarkable young man.
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Hardly a day passed without the sound
of his reading drifting over the wall,
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and the elders of his family
placed great hopes upon him.
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I heard he was unmatched
among countless scholars
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even in the initial
civil service examination.
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But
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what I remember most is not any of that.
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It is the gentle sight of him
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quietly catching
a falling flower in his hand
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and admiring it.
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He studied with eyes full of curiosity,
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always gazing warmly upon the world
as it bloomed and faded
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with each passing season.
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That is what I remember.
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- Wait.
- Let us go. Quickly.
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Bun-hui.
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- Let us go.
- Huh?
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Bun-hui.
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Bun-hui!
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Wait.
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Look at you. How long has it been?
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Huh?
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Why the familiarity?
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Come now, I am only glad to see you.
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So, have you been well all this while?
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Well? Bun-hui.
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I have lived
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all these years
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unable to forget the scent
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you once drenched me in.
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Step aside.
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Come now, Bun-hui.
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You are here.
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Oh, my lord.
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This is the mother of the lady
who is to become Lord Yoo's concubine.
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"My lord"?
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Wait, that means…
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My brother-in-law's concubine…
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You are her mother?
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"Brother-in-law"?
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"Brother-in-law," you say?
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So then you are So-ok's mother…
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"Brother-in-law"?
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Wait…
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That wretched man.
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He's driving me mad.
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She is
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no ordinary girl, that one.
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Chil-seong!
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- Chil-seong!
- Yes?
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Fan it harder!
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Oh, yes.
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The meat melts in the mouth!
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It sure does!
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How delicious!
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It's delicious!
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Just wait.
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The girl was mad for meat.
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She will come.
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Surely she will come before the sun sets.
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Could I…
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Eun-sil.
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Let me.
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Give it here. Careful now.
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Water.
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Wash it down as you eat.
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I won't take it from you.
I only fear you might choke.
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But why are you letting me eat
such fine meat?
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I may be a lowly servant,
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but even I know
nothing in this world is free.
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Did she read the letter at once?
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The letter?
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I have it safely right here.
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Wait, why would you…
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Hey, was it not meant for me?
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Oh, dear. The meat is burning.
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I… I will go get it.
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Such fine meat! Yes.
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So,
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how much longer until the mourning ends?
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About a fortnight.
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Once that passes, it will all be over.
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My, this looks delicious.
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But isn't that a good thing if it ends?
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Your lady can't even eat good food
during mourning.
279
00:21:18,819 --> 00:21:20,529
Have you never heard of a virtuous woman?
280
00:21:21,154 --> 00:21:23,198
- No.
- She ought to follow her husband in death.
281
00:21:26,660 --> 00:21:27,911
You know nothing.
282
00:21:32,165 --> 00:21:33,750
I did not know.
283
00:21:50,851 --> 00:21:52,060
Watch carefully.
284
00:21:53,020 --> 00:21:55,522
I shall teach you each step.
285
00:21:56,857 --> 00:21:57,773
Yes.
286
00:21:57,774 --> 00:22:00,192
Two more baskets are coming, sister.
287
00:22:00,193 --> 00:22:01,862
All right, hurry them over.
288
00:22:16,918 --> 00:22:18,170
Are you occupied?
289
00:22:18,670 --> 00:22:20,713
There is no end to what must be taught
290
00:22:20,714 --> 00:22:22,798
to one joining the household.
291
00:22:22,799 --> 00:22:25,344
Oh, this is the girl
who is to be taken in as a concubine.
292
00:22:25,927 --> 00:22:27,054
Her name is So-ok.
293
00:22:29,306 --> 00:22:31,892
Greetings, my lord.
294
00:22:33,393 --> 00:22:34,561
Pleased to meet you.
295
00:22:42,194 --> 00:22:44,654
I hear you paid a visit to that widow.
296
00:22:49,201 --> 00:22:51,535
Did you speak ill of me or something?
297
00:22:51,536 --> 00:22:54,373
In our library, I just happened to find
298
00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:59,002
a notebook once used by her late husband,
Young Master Geum-ho.
299
00:23:00,128 --> 00:23:02,338
I went to deliver it
300
00:23:02,339 --> 00:23:05,092
and had a nice little chat with her.
301
00:23:06,927 --> 00:23:07,844
You happened to find
302
00:23:09,262 --> 00:23:10,513
his notebook, did you?
303
00:23:10,514 --> 00:23:15,310
She begged me to tell her
all there was to know of her husband.
304
00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:19,063
After I shared what I could remember,
305
00:23:19,064 --> 00:23:23,902
she gazed upon that notebook
with such admiration.
306
00:23:25,445 --> 00:23:26,863
I wish
307
00:23:27,614 --> 00:23:30,242
you had been there
to see the look in her eyes.
308
00:23:31,284 --> 00:23:32,743
To imagine her
309
00:23:32,744 --> 00:23:36,581
looking upon me with those same eyes,
begging for my love…
310
00:23:38,125 --> 00:23:42,087
I dare say my dreams tonight
shall be sweet and exciting.
311
00:23:44,923 --> 00:23:48,260
Since you are so full of confidence,
I suppose I need not worry.
312
00:23:48,969 --> 00:23:52,931
But first, you will need
to thoroughly erase the husband
313
00:23:53,515 --> 00:23:56,308
who still occupies that widow's mind.
314
00:23:56,309 --> 00:23:58,770
It is no matter, for the man is a ghost.
315
00:23:59,271 --> 00:24:02,022
Can such a thing rival
a flesh-and-blood man
316
00:24:02,023 --> 00:24:04,151
rooted firmly in this world?
317
00:24:04,818 --> 00:24:07,486
She longs for him
only because she never saw him.
318
00:24:07,487 --> 00:24:10,699
Once she faces a real man,
she would be quick to fall into his arms.
319
00:24:11,616 --> 00:24:12,659
And you believe
320
00:24:13,785 --> 00:24:17,831
that alone will suddenly
give her the courage to withstand
321
00:24:18,957 --> 00:24:20,917
the countless eyes and ears of Bukchon?
322
00:24:23,795 --> 00:24:26,339
When one comes to love
with all one's being…
323
00:24:29,342 --> 00:24:31,803
such obstacles become meaningless.
324
00:24:33,180 --> 00:24:34,389
Surely
325
00:24:35,599 --> 00:24:37,309
you know that as well.
326
00:24:42,564 --> 00:24:43,440
I…
327
00:24:45,650 --> 00:24:47,359
can be such a man.
328
00:24:47,360 --> 00:24:48,278
And I shall gladly
329
00:24:50,113 --> 00:24:52,324
be such a man for that lady.
330
00:24:55,619 --> 00:24:56,536
Now,
331
00:24:57,787 --> 00:24:59,122
the ghost's name is
332
00:24:59,956 --> 00:25:01,374
Geum-ho, is it?
333
00:25:03,335 --> 00:25:04,252
Madam.
334
00:25:09,382 --> 00:25:12,219
Visitors have arrived
from the Left State Councilor's house.
335
00:25:36,368 --> 00:25:38,370
My lady, do you remember me?
336
00:25:39,120 --> 00:25:42,290
I am In-ho, who went to study
among the Confucian scholars of Andong.
337
00:25:43,625 --> 00:25:45,793
Why, can that young boy
338
00:25:45,794 --> 00:25:48,088
truly have grown so much?
339
00:25:49,881 --> 00:25:51,007
Have you been well?
340
00:25:57,430 --> 00:25:58,597
How do you do?
341
00:25:58,598 --> 00:26:00,975
I am the youngest son
of the Left State Councilor,
342
00:26:00,976 --> 00:26:02,393
Kwon In-ho.
343
00:26:02,394 --> 00:26:04,646
I am brother-in-law to Minister Yoo,
344
00:26:05,313 --> 00:26:06,606
Cho Won.
345
00:26:08,567 --> 00:26:09,401
Might you be
346
00:26:09,985 --> 00:26:12,904
the Scholar Cho Won,
whose essay on the southern sacred herb
347
00:26:13,905 --> 00:26:15,448
at the civil service examination
348
00:26:16,032 --> 00:26:17,533
won such renown back then?
349
00:26:17,534 --> 00:26:19,868
You flatter me with talk of renown.
350
00:26:19,869 --> 00:26:22,496
It was merely good fortune,
351
00:26:22,497 --> 00:26:24,540
thanks to a fine literary friend of mine.
352
00:26:24,541 --> 00:26:25,917
It is an honor to meet you.
353
00:26:26,418 --> 00:26:29,628
Not only I,
but even the friends with whom I study,
354
00:26:29,629 --> 00:26:31,338
have long wished to read your writings.
355
00:26:31,339 --> 00:26:34,175
We have a volume of his scholarly writings
in the study annex.
356
00:26:34,926 --> 00:26:36,302
Why don't you two scholars
357
00:26:36,303 --> 00:26:40,432
look through it together
and have a thoughtful discussion?
358
00:26:42,183 --> 00:26:43,101
Very well.
359
00:26:44,019 --> 00:26:45,854
Come with me, my lady.
360
00:26:46,521 --> 00:26:50,650
Let us women share
some trivial secrets in the meantime.
361
00:26:51,234 --> 00:26:52,068
Let me.
362
00:27:01,786 --> 00:27:02,996
Shall we?
363
00:27:10,962 --> 00:27:14,174
My mother-in-law
wished to repay you for finding
364
00:27:14,758 --> 00:27:16,384
my husband's belongings.
365
00:27:16,968 --> 00:27:18,762
She had meant to come herself,
366
00:27:20,305 --> 00:27:22,474
but I told her I wished to see you
367
00:27:23,224 --> 00:27:24,976
and asked if I could come in her stead.
368
00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:29,396
I only hope this sudden visit
has not been discourteous.
369
00:27:29,397 --> 00:27:31,858
I could only be grateful.
370
00:27:33,318 --> 00:27:36,988
In truth, I have been
quite eager to see you myself.
371
00:27:39,908 --> 00:27:41,159
How sweet of you.
372
00:27:46,748 --> 00:27:47,791
It is exactly the same.
373
00:27:48,375 --> 00:27:49,416
Just as I remember it.
374
00:27:49,417 --> 00:27:51,002
Did you visit often?
375
00:27:52,712 --> 00:27:54,506
I used to come here with my elder brother.
376
00:27:55,799 --> 00:27:57,384
They have every book imaginable.
377
00:27:59,302 --> 00:28:00,302
In fact,
378
00:28:00,303 --> 00:28:04,599
it was my brother
who first told me of you, sir.
379
00:28:07,477 --> 00:28:08,519
Is that so?
380
00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:12,398
He said, "Within his writings lie
not only the truths of learning,
381
00:28:12,399 --> 00:28:15,026
but also the joys and sorrows of life."
382
00:28:15,652 --> 00:28:18,697
Sadly, before I, with my shallow learning,
383
00:28:19,364 --> 00:28:21,616
could fully understand what he meant…
384
00:28:24,411 --> 00:28:26,955
The peonies have bloomed beautifully,
have they not?
385
00:28:28,498 --> 00:28:30,833
Yes, indeed. They are quite lovely.
386
00:28:30,834 --> 00:28:32,752
My husband's new concubine
387
00:28:33,795 --> 00:28:35,171
is very much like them.
388
00:28:37,048 --> 00:28:39,508
Look, Mal-ttong! There are flowers here!
389
00:28:39,509 --> 00:28:41,302
Such a lovely girl.
390
00:28:42,220 --> 00:28:43,470
Careful, miss!
391
00:28:43,471 --> 00:28:45,056
Just like a peony,
392
00:28:45,724 --> 00:28:47,642
she carries a rosy smile
393
00:28:48,226 --> 00:28:52,397
and fills every corner of this house
with the fragrance of flowers.
394
00:28:58,737 --> 00:29:01,321
What of your younger days?
395
00:29:01,322 --> 00:29:03,992
You too must have been so very beautiful.
396
00:29:11,291 --> 00:29:13,542
I thought having a husband and serving him
397
00:29:13,543 --> 00:29:15,462
would be the joy of the rest of my life.
398
00:29:19,591 --> 00:29:21,092
Once my marriage was arranged,
399
00:29:22,385 --> 00:29:25,638
my heart began to flutter,
as if I had finally become a grown woman.
400
00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:32,103
You asked earlier
401
00:29:32,854 --> 00:29:35,440
why I wrote such an answer
at the palace examination.
402
00:29:36,858 --> 00:29:37,692
Well,
403
00:29:38,443 --> 00:29:40,612
your brother saw straight through it.
404
00:29:42,864 --> 00:29:44,073
At the time…
405
00:29:46,785 --> 00:29:50,788
I was burdened with
more than a man of my age ought to bear.
406
00:29:50,789 --> 00:29:53,291
There was once a man I loved.
407
00:29:55,043 --> 00:29:57,837
But ours was a bond
meant to be fulfilled only in death.
408
00:29:58,338 --> 00:30:00,548
Joy, anger, sorrow, delight.
409
00:30:01,758 --> 00:30:04,010
I lived through them all indeed.
410
00:30:05,637 --> 00:30:09,765
And so I poured every feeling
life had stirred in me into that essay.
411
00:30:09,766 --> 00:30:11,476
Yet whenever I feel lonely,
412
00:30:13,186 --> 00:30:15,271
I find myself thinking of him.
413
00:30:15,855 --> 00:30:17,023
It feels as though
414
00:30:18,274 --> 00:30:21,109
he might come rushing in
and open my door at any moment
415
00:30:21,110 --> 00:30:23,321
if only I said I missed him.
416
00:30:36,793 --> 00:30:38,169
I wish to entrust
417
00:30:39,087 --> 00:30:40,629
this secret of mine to this petal
418
00:30:40,630 --> 00:30:42,882
and offer it to you
as a token of friendship.
419
00:30:44,384 --> 00:30:47,512
Should you ever find yourself
in need of help, come to me.
420
00:30:48,638 --> 00:30:49,556
And next time,
421
00:30:50,431 --> 00:30:53,476
I hope you will share
your own heart with me as well.
422
00:31:20,712 --> 00:31:24,299
You will not find anyone
more tight-lipped than me.
423
00:31:28,553 --> 00:31:29,596
The truth is…
424
00:31:34,809 --> 00:31:38,771
Oh, my goodness!
425
00:31:46,279 --> 00:31:48,864
Until now, I thought
pheasant was the finest thing there was,
426
00:31:48,865 --> 00:31:51,034
but now my mind has changed completely.
427
00:31:53,036 --> 00:31:54,829
Right? Beef is the best, huh?
428
00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:59,792
Pheasant does not even come close.
429
00:32:04,213 --> 00:32:06,132
I do not know what is written here…
430
00:32:10,929 --> 00:32:13,014
but these letters are truly beautiful.
431
00:32:14,891 --> 00:32:15,767
Especially
432
00:32:17,685 --> 00:32:18,645
this one.
433
00:32:19,812 --> 00:32:20,730
Is it?
434
00:32:25,109 --> 00:32:26,653
I hope it's a son.
435
00:32:30,073 --> 00:32:31,199
Then I shall have him
436
00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:33,576
learn his letters too.
437
00:32:38,539 --> 00:32:40,749
This is called an alarm clock.
438
00:32:40,750 --> 00:32:43,502
My father brought it back
from the Great State.
439
00:32:43,503 --> 00:32:45,964
What? Come on, it is not even food.
440
00:32:46,631 --> 00:32:48,132
- What is it for?
- You.
441
00:32:48,716 --> 00:32:51,218
I told you to mind your tone
with me, did I not?
442
00:32:51,219 --> 00:32:52,720
What is it for, miss?
443
00:32:55,473 --> 00:32:57,725
It tells the time.
444
00:32:58,518 --> 00:33:00,227
These needle-like things
445
00:33:00,228 --> 00:33:03,982
go round and round all day long
and show the time.
446
00:33:04,565 --> 00:33:06,483
- What?
- It is a rare treasure
447
00:33:06,484 --> 00:33:08,819
you would go your whole lives
without ever laying eyes on
448
00:33:08,820 --> 00:33:10,570
if it weren't for me.
449
00:33:10,571 --> 00:33:12,155
Thanks to me, you get to see one.
450
00:33:12,156 --> 00:33:13,116
Nice, is it not?
451
00:33:14,450 --> 00:33:15,617
Hey, where are you going?
452
00:33:15,618 --> 00:33:16,703
I'm not finished…
453
00:33:20,498 --> 00:33:22,291
What are you doing here?
454
00:33:22,917 --> 00:33:24,002
Well, I…
455
00:33:25,712 --> 00:33:27,796
Goodness,
this is a most precious treasure.
456
00:33:27,797 --> 00:33:29,674
How could you handle it so carelessly?
457
00:33:31,384 --> 00:33:33,011
Is that an alarm clock?
458
00:33:33,678 --> 00:33:34,929
I've only read of it in books.
459
00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:37,347
This is my first time seeing one.
460
00:33:37,348 --> 00:33:40,143
Truly, there is nothing
Lord Yoo's house doesn't possess.
461
00:33:46,315 --> 00:33:47,525
If you
462
00:33:49,068 --> 00:33:50,153
turn it like this…
463
00:34:02,832 --> 00:34:03,875
Hey!
464
00:34:10,882 --> 00:34:12,759
I thought heaven and earth
were splitting apart.
465
00:34:13,384 --> 00:34:14,719
How can it make such a noise?
466
00:34:16,262 --> 00:34:17,263
Please come along now.
467
00:34:29,650 --> 00:34:30,485
My apologies.
468
00:34:37,283 --> 00:34:38,117
That way.
469
00:35:08,439 --> 00:35:10,817
I just saw your palanquin leaving.
470
00:35:11,984 --> 00:35:13,069
Who was inside?
471
00:35:17,240 --> 00:35:18,282
Cousin.
472
00:35:18,866 --> 00:35:20,076
That day…
473
00:35:21,536 --> 00:35:23,287
The day you would have
474
00:35:24,747 --> 00:35:27,250
waited endlessly for me
at the ferry landing.
475
00:35:30,878 --> 00:35:32,964
I can only imagine how much pain…
476
00:35:36,384 --> 00:35:37,760
you must have been in that day.
477
00:35:59,532 --> 00:36:00,783
And what of you that day?
478
00:36:14,422 --> 00:36:16,591
Hurry and follow the palanquin.
479
00:36:17,967 --> 00:36:20,595
The one inside
may prove most beneficial to you.
480
00:36:24,307 --> 00:36:25,975
Do you speak of the widow?
481
00:36:31,397 --> 00:36:33,357
Are you helping me…
482
00:36:40,072 --> 00:36:42,241
out of remorse for the past?
483
00:36:44,535 --> 00:36:47,413
Let us say I simply feel too lonely today.
484
00:36:48,623 --> 00:36:49,624
Now, go.
485
00:36:50,374 --> 00:36:51,792
Before you lose her.
486
00:36:54,170 --> 00:36:56,172
The more I know you…
487
00:37:04,305 --> 00:37:06,140
the more unknowable you seem.
488
00:37:24,492 --> 00:37:25,952
A marriage proposal sent for you.
489
00:37:27,745 --> 00:37:30,081
It is from Yoo Hong-sang,
a junior academic official.
490
00:37:31,540 --> 00:37:32,959
Now, this family
491
00:37:33,542 --> 00:37:36,169
would not scold a woman
for being bold enough
492
00:37:36,170 --> 00:37:38,004
to read proper script.
493
00:37:38,005 --> 00:37:40,258
They are men
with the confidence and generosity
494
00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:43,010
to exchange and recite verses
with their wives,
495
00:37:43,719 --> 00:37:45,346
and live out their days
496
00:37:45,888 --> 00:37:48,224
in perfect harmony.
497
00:38:08,077 --> 00:38:09,494
MUN-HEUL
498
00:38:09,495 --> 00:38:11,079
Take it.
499
00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:12,205
What do you mean to do?
500
00:38:12,206 --> 00:38:14,207
- I am leaving tomorrow.
- Miss Yun!
501
00:38:14,208 --> 00:38:16,001
That is why you must deliver it.
502
00:38:16,002 --> 00:38:18,129
So we do not pass each other by. Please?
503
00:38:43,654 --> 00:38:44,488
Won,
504
00:38:44,989 --> 00:38:48,701
perhaps I am a woman
who longs for love after all.
505
00:38:49,702 --> 00:38:52,204
Even now,
as marriage talks pass between families,
506
00:38:53,122 --> 00:38:55,499
my eyes, my hands,
507
00:38:56,208 --> 00:38:58,919
and my heart search only for you.
508
00:39:00,796 --> 00:39:02,173
So I ask this of you.
509
00:39:03,132 --> 00:39:05,384
Where my sorrowful tears have pooled,
510
00:39:05,926 --> 00:39:07,803
I shall ready a lonely boat.
511
00:39:08,387 --> 00:39:10,389
Will you please wait for me there?
512
00:39:11,599 --> 00:39:14,143
I will come to you.
513
00:39:41,170 --> 00:39:42,213
Father.
514
00:39:44,215 --> 00:39:45,466
Oh, Yun.
515
00:39:46,133 --> 00:39:47,843
What brings you out at this hour?
516
00:39:49,678 --> 00:39:52,723
Father, may I ask why you are in tears?
517
00:39:58,521 --> 00:40:00,064
Because it is such a waste.
518
00:40:01,315 --> 00:40:05,152
Had you been born a man, you'd have taken
top honors in the civil service exam.
519
00:40:07,655 --> 00:40:09,448
If only you were not a woman…
520
00:40:13,786 --> 00:40:16,539
you would have had many chances
to make your name known.
521
00:40:18,374 --> 00:40:21,710
But now that even your marriage
has been arranged,
522
00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:24,046
how many more times
523
00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:28,676
shall I see your face before I die?
524
00:41:58,766 --> 00:42:01,227
Let us proceed with the bowing.
525
00:42:07,358 --> 00:42:09,527
The groom shall answer with one bow.
526
00:42:20,746 --> 00:42:23,415
Now, the wedding vows.
527
00:42:51,026 --> 00:42:53,279
My dear Kkot-bun! Come here!
528
00:42:54,238 --> 00:42:56,407
- Come here, you!
- Come here.
529
00:42:57,658 --> 00:42:59,577
Over here!
530
00:43:04,873 --> 00:43:05,916
Young master.
531
00:43:06,792 --> 00:43:08,168
Do you remember me?
532
00:43:10,170 --> 00:43:11,588
I did not recognize you.
533
00:43:11,589 --> 00:43:14,007
- Missus!
- Your garments are ready, sir.
534
00:43:14,008 --> 00:43:14,883
Missus!
535
00:43:16,552 --> 00:43:17,386
Missus.
536
00:43:22,474 --> 00:43:23,934
Mend my garment for me.
537
00:43:27,229 --> 00:43:28,063
Here.
538
00:43:40,826 --> 00:43:42,703
All right, this arm first.
539
00:43:44,830 --> 00:43:45,664
Oh, dear.
540
00:43:48,751 --> 00:43:51,085
Forgive my carelessness, young master.
541
00:43:51,086 --> 00:43:53,047
I shall alter it to fit you properly.
542
00:43:55,215 --> 00:43:57,343
I must have been mistaken.
543
00:43:58,135 --> 00:44:00,179
No, the fault is not yours.
544
00:44:00,763 --> 00:44:02,514
I simply have grown since then.
545
00:44:03,807 --> 00:44:04,642
Young master.
546
00:44:06,685 --> 00:44:09,228
If I may ask, why were you
547
00:44:09,229 --> 00:44:11,649
standing by the river
with such sorrowful eyes?
548
00:44:13,734 --> 00:44:15,486
What makes you say so?
549
00:44:20,699 --> 00:44:22,409
The traces of your tears
550
00:44:22,993 --> 00:44:24,536
were still glistening.
551
00:44:26,580 --> 00:44:27,998
The woman I love
552
00:44:29,375 --> 00:44:30,626
has left me.
553
00:44:33,962 --> 00:44:35,047
Sir.
554
00:44:35,631 --> 00:44:38,509
Tears will not bring her back.
555
00:44:40,302 --> 00:44:41,303
Do you still see
556
00:44:43,138 --> 00:44:45,849
traces of tears upon my face?
557
00:44:48,727 --> 00:44:50,020
Missus!
558
00:44:54,233 --> 00:44:55,526
Missus!
559
00:44:56,652 --> 00:44:57,819
Hand me the mirror.
560
00:44:57,820 --> 00:44:59,363
Is my garment done yet?
561
00:45:11,542 --> 00:45:14,336
Missus, do you have any tobacco left?
562
00:45:14,920 --> 00:45:16,255
How impatient you are!
563
00:46:01,717 --> 00:46:02,593
Cousin.
564
00:46:11,769 --> 00:46:13,520
Would you look at this gentleman?
565
00:46:14,563 --> 00:46:15,481
That tickles!
566
00:46:23,322 --> 00:46:24,156
How…
567
00:46:25,491 --> 00:46:26,700
How are you
568
00:46:27,993 --> 00:46:29,953
so beautiful?
569
00:47:29,555 --> 00:47:31,640
Wait! Wait just a moment!
570
00:47:32,391 --> 00:47:34,518
Why are you in such haste?
571
00:51:04,311 --> 00:51:09,316
Subtitle translation by: Yoonjung Song