mock-weeping

Updated: July 8, 2025

I came across some women mock-weeping for the dead: at their elbow two girls were washing clothes, and when little children, catching sight of me, ran to their mothers, the women stopped their hulla-baloo, had a good stare at me, exchanged a few words of mutual inquiry, and then resumed their bellowing. Soon it became quite warm, and walking was pleasant. My men were far behind.

Edwin John Dingle - Across China on Foot