Date: Fri, 2 May 1997 12:16:05 -0700 (PDT)
Subj: [Jeanne] 78 b


> Louis began speaking in french.
> 
> "We can continue with your reading and writing, if you wish.  It is
> unfortunate that we do not have a Bible here; I am sure you would relish
>  every word."
> 
Jeanne began speaking in french.
Jeanne's face lights up with delight.
"I would indeed! Perhaps we might... reconstruct it? If we could 
fashion paper from the bamboo fibers, and a pen -- I know not how!
But I do know some passage by heart, and I am sure Charles would
know others. And Benjamin, he knows it even if he does not follow it."

Plan:
If Louis likes this idea, she will enlist his assistance in fashioning
the items she will need. If not, she will seek out Benjamin, since he
has shown some skill in the carving of artificial objects in the
creation of his chess pieces.

Plan:
If she goes to Benjamin, she remain cagey about her intended use for
the implements. 
"I wish to make writing utensils, Benjamin. You are skilled in the 
fashioning of items from the materials we have been given here. Could
you show me how to carve a pen? Do you know how to make paper?"

Plan:
If neither of these two will help her, she will attempt to make them
herself from shards of bamboo. She will shred other pieces of bamboo 
into fibers and from then into pulp, mixing these with water and then
spreading the mush on a towel to dry on the floor of the chapel.

Plan:
If she gets this far :) she will try to talk to Mataoka about the 
paint on her face, to learn how she makes it and how permanent it is.

Plan:
If someone rightly points out that she ought to learn to crawl before
she runs, well. She'll keep on running.