Excerpt from The Secret by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki.

The dream-woman

I’d met at sea, the interior of a rickshaw on a rainy evening, the secrets of the city at night, blindness, silence—all these had merged to plunge me into the haze of a perfect mystery.

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Shamus 2021.08.22 07:56

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Thank you for listening. If you enjoyed this, you might also enjoy my new reading of Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe. ✨ https://youtu.be/qcoiErOyHaQ
Shamus 2021.08.22 07:56

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Question: Which of the three pics do you prefer?
E.E. 2021.08.22 07:58

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Abrar 2021.08.22 08:00

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Thanks
Hiromi 2021.08.22 08:01

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Your lecture is beautiful ☺ And I can not recognize the difference of those 3 pictures 😓
Elena 2021.08.22 08:03

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うあ"ぁ 2021.08.22 08:45

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1 Is she on a rickshaw? ?
Bonnie 2021.08.22 10:12

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Viviana 妮妮 2021.08.22 11:26

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@Shamus lovely channel
Shamus 2021.08.22 15:31

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@うあ"ぁ She is not. 😄
Shamus 2021.08.22 15:32

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@Viviana 妮妮 Thank you very much! 😊
Shamus 2021.08.22 15:32

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@Lucy @Abrar @Hiromi @Elena @Bonnie @Elif Ebrar Thank you! ☺
うあ"ぁ 2021.08.22 15:50

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@Shamus Hm? Then, what does the interior of a rickshaw mean??
Shamus 2021.08.22 16:20

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@うあ"ぁ It means I selected an image that doesn't 100% match the text. 😁
うあ"ぁ 2021.08.22 16:24

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@Shamus I got it.😆 Thanks.
coco 2021.08.22 18:05

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Mizuki 2021.08.23 03:04

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That's a beautiful picture. Looks like ukiyoe.
Kylie 2021.08.23 09:44

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🌻
Shamus 2021.08.23 21:10

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@Mizuki Thank you. Yes, it's one of the best paintings I've seen and I think it is a Ukiyo-e, as you have observed. ☺
michi.→未知 2021.08.26 14:42

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海の上で知り合いになった夢のような女、大雨の晩の幌の中、夜の都会の秘密、盲目、沈黙―凡べての物が一つになって、渾然たるミステリーの靄の裡に私を投げ込んで了って居る。