Ah-ga-ssi Page #2

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I'm sick of it.

The books he makes me

read are all Japanese.

So read that for me.

"Dear Miss Izumi Hideko,

"Count Fujiwara said

you're looking for a maid.

"Maids are like...

a spoon... no...

"are like chopsticks..."

Is it a spoon?

I don't know to read, Miss.

Not at all? What about Korean?

This is your name. Can't you read it?

Reading can be learned,

and I don't care if you curse or steal.

But don't ever lie to me. Understood?

Yes, Miss.

My mum.

She's beautiful, quite the charmer!

And me? Am I "quite the charmer?"

Everyone says I can't compare to my mother.

Count Fujiwara said...

So you've met the Count?

Pardon?

No, I never met him...

My aunt! I heard it from my aunt.

She was his nanny.

What did the Count say about me?

He said your face...

Every night in bed he thinks

of your assets... your face.

Why in bed, I wonder?

What's with your foot?

I've nowhere to go.

I've just stayed in this house

since coming to Korea at age 5.

But in new shoes, even well-trodden paths

feel fresh.

The ones from here

up to here should fit you.

Time for reading practice.

I'll go alone.

Miss?

But rain is falling.

At noon, come knock on the door. Promise?

See you at...

See you later.

What's this?

Why would the lady of such a big house...

Did the big house make her go mad?

My new handmaiden.

The snake, the snake!

You mustn't pass that point.

Be warned!

The snake marks the

'bounds of knowledge'.

A snake!

The Count?

Today?

That's why you insisted on a bath.

My aunt, when she heard a guest was coming,

dropped everything and

bathed her Baby Miss.

Nothing made her happier than when guests

praised her baby's scent.

You are my Baby Miss.

Auntie gave the babies candy during baths.

To teach them that bath time is sweet.

What's Wrong?

One of my teeth is sharp.

It keeps cutting me.

So this was the scent.

All smooth.

Welcome, sir!

You are too kind to greet me

this way upon my arrival,

when the journey

has left me so unkempt.

Now your tedium is over.

I'll ensure your

painting lessons are stimulating.

This must be Okju.

At your service, milord.

You know if you fail, it'll put me in

an awkward position?

A decent bone

structure for a Korean...

So, are you carrying out

your duties faithfully?

Count Fujiwara requests Miss Hideko

to kindly allow her maid Tamako

to be sent to his Lordship

for a brief errand.

Did you call for me, milord?

You may enter.

Everyone's talking about you in Eunpo.

How you'll be an even greater thief

than your mum.

Who believes the talk of a swindler?

When I give the signal, "fully ripe",

arrange for her and I to be alone.

Then I'll gobble her up to the pit.

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