Greeting Her Guest
My mistress exhorts me to be mindful of the WHIP as she orders me to kiss-greet her esteemed guest’s feet: ‘Slave, you kiss Mr Wu-San feet. You kiss Mr Wu-San sandal straps. Remember WHIP on wall, slave!’ ‘Yes, mistress Itsumi madam. At once, mistress Itsumi madam… Oh pray, master Wu-San sir. God bless you, master Wu-San sir, and welcome to my master and mistress’s abode, master sir. I kiss your sandals, sir.’ ‘Slave, you kiss Mr Wu-San feet. You kiss Mr Wu-San sandal straps... ...Remember WHIP on wall, slave!’ ‘Yes, mistress Itsumi madam. At once, mistress Itsumi madam... Oh pray, master Wu-San sir. God bless you, master Wu-San sir... ...and welcome to my master and mistress’s abode, master sir... ...I kiss your sandals, sir.’ It is, of course, deeply humiliating for me to have to kiss the wizened old feet of a stranger Or, more accurately, his musty-smelling, leathery sandal straps! But I heed the warnings of my mistress about the WHIP... ...the WHIP behind me on the w...