A Book Drawn at Night — Chapter 10

AREN'T YOU...

...ONE OF NAM- GIL'S MEN?

WHY ARE YOU HERE?

YOU'VE ARRIVED.

ONCE YOU ARRI- VED, MA'AM...

I WAS ORDERED TO ESCORT YOU.

HE SUMMONED ME HERE...

...AND TOLD YOU TO ESCORT ME?

IS THAT WHAT HE SAID?

WHOSE ORDERS WERE THOSE?

...? LORD GEUMO...

...SAID THAT THE GOVERNOR GAVE THE ORDER...

WHAT...?

THAT MAN...

...IS PLAYING TRICKS BEHIND MY BACK.

I KNEW I DIDN'T LIKE HIS SLICK DEMEANOR FROM THE MOMENT I WALKED INTO THE ROOM.

LET'S GO BACK.

BEFORE YOUR MASTER SCOWLS AT US AGAIN.

IF YOU'RE NOT CAREFUL-

...AND YOU GET REPRIMANDED,

WOON-AH-!

THE LIGHTS WERE OFF FOR SO LONG, I WAS WORRIED SOMETHING HAPPENED!

...AND I'M ONLY SEEING YOUR FACE NOW!

...?! AUNTIE!

MASTER!

HE KEPT ASKING WHERE HIS TEA- CHER WENT,

AND KNOWING YOU LIVE ALONE, OF COURSE I'D BE WORRIED!

HE WAS PESTE- RING ME END- LESSLY, SAYING HE HAD TO GO LEARN TO WRITE.

ANYWAY, SIT DOWN FOR A MOMENT.

...LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING.

ASK AWAY.

THE NEW GOVER- NOR WHO CAME TO THE ISLAND RECENTLY...

...IS HE NAMGIL BY ANY CHANCE?

HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT?

OH, GOOD- NESS...!

...SO IT REALLY IS NAMGIL?!

HEY, DEAR! WHAT ARE YOU DOING OVER THERE?! COME HERE!

LISTEN, SHE SAYS THE GOVERNOR WHO ARRIVED THE OTHER DAY IS NAMGIL!

WHAT?

...THAT LITTLE NUISANCE NAMGIL?

HE'S ALIVE?!

HEY, OVER THERE!

I'M TELLING YOU, THE PERSON WE SAW THE OTHER DAY REALLY WAS NAMGIL!

WH-WHAT?!

That Governor?

WOON, YOU WE- REN'T HOME FOR TWO DAYS...

...BECAUSE YOU WERE MEETING NAMGIL!

HURRY,

...TELL US WHAT ON EARTH HA- PPENED!

W-WAIT A SECOND...

I... I HAVE SO- MEWHERE I UR- GENTLY NEED TO GO RIGHT NOW...

WE CAN TALK LATER...

AH, EVEN WITH THIS?!

...ONLY UNTIL THE HOUR OF THE HORSE.

...YOU MUST NOT DELAY ANY LONGER THAN THAT.

MA'AM...

MA’AM!

PLEASE WAKE UP.

IT REALLY IS LATE NOW.

WE MUST GET GOING!

WHAT ABOUT THE LADY? AND THE MISTER?

THEY ALL WENT HOME FIRST.

RIGHT. THEY HAD TO LEAVE.

SINCE THEY HAVE PEOPLE WAITING FOR THEM...

THEY ALL... HAVE A PLACE TO RETURN TO.

SO OF COURSE THEY HAD TO GO.

THE LORD IS WAI- TING FOR YOU AS WELL, MA'AM.

I SEE.

WAS IT... MAEK, YOU SAID...?

HOW OLD ARE YOU?

I AM FIFTEEN.

HOW DID YOU MEET NAMGIL?

I USED TO BE A SERVANT TO A YOUNG NOBLE- MAN,

BUT AFTER BEING FALSELY ACCUSED AND CAST OUT, HE TOOK ME IN.

NAMGIL... MUST HAVE SEEN HIM- SELF THROUGH THIS CHILD...

HE MUST HAVE TAKEN PITY ON YOU.

I'M FINE NOW. I'VE SOBERED UP QUITE A BIT.

I CAN WALK ON MY OWN.

YOU'RE STILL STUMBLING...

LEAVE ME BE. I ALWAYS WALK LIKE THIS.

IT'S JUST BECAU- SE I'M LOOKING FOR SOMETHING.

HUH...?

WHERE IS IT?

IS THIS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR?

HOW DID...

WHILE YOU WERE DRINKING, YOU KEPT PACKING UP SNACKS SAYING THEY WERE FOR THE LORD,

SO I PACKED THEM AHEAD OF TIME.

EVER SINCE LONG AGO, I'D PACK UP LEFTO- VERS TO FEED HIM,

SO OUT OF HABIT, I JUST...

NOW, LET'S HURRY.

I'M TERRIFIED WE'LL FACE HIS FURIOUS WRATH.

R-RIGHT.

HE HAS RETIRED FOR THE DAY.

AH.

THEN YOU SHOULD HEAD INSIDE FIRST.

I'LL STOP BY NAMGIL'S QUAR- TERS,

HAND THIS OVER TO HIM, AND THEN GO TO MY ROOM.

WHAT SHOULD I TELL NAMGIL FIRST?

FIRST, I'LL TELL HIM I WENT OUT AT DAWN BECAUSE OF THAT FRIEND OF HIS...

AND ENDED UP MAKING A WASTED TRIP,

AND THEN...

SHOULD I TELL HIM ABOUT THE TOWNSPEOPLE, TOO...?

THAT THEY'RE ALL CURIOUS ABOUT YOU, RETURNING AS THE LORD.

I'M A LITTLE...

...PROUD OF YOU.

NAMGIL, ARE YOU ASLEEP...?

...IS HE ASLEEP?

I'M COMING IN.

NAMGIL...