"轻轻抚摸粗糙的胡麻绳，却倏地一惊，绳上暗褐的缕迹是甚麽？隐隐还有腥咸之气。血？她心一颤，桓郞……是……哦，是搓麻人赶制时留下的吧。内中闪过一丝歉疚，又将蒲桃树抱得更紧。" -- Is this is the hint you were talking about in Chapter 33? If so, then it's too too too subtle! Very hard to find ... BTW, I really like how you put PinYin next to the hard to understand words, this improves my Chinese too!
网友：Felicitas 打分：2 [2005-05-24 23:49:26]
"轻轻抚摸粗糙的胡麻绳，却倏地一惊，绳上暗褐的缕迹是甚麽？隐隐还有腥咸之气。血？她心一颤，桓郞……是……哦，是搓麻人赶制时留下的吧。内中闪过一丝歉疚，又将蒲桃树抱得更紧。" -- Is this is the hint you were talking about in Chapter 33? If so, then it's too too too subtle! Very hard to find ...
BTW, I really like how you put PinYin next to the hard to understand words, this improves my Chinese too!