A Case of Two Cities

She did not see him.
     
    He saw a pale moon rising in the sky.
     
    Several lines Su Dongpo’s came back to him in correspondence to the moment.
     
    As people have sorrows and joys,
    meeting or parting,
    as the moon waxes and wanes
    in clear or cloudy skies,
    things may never be perfect.
    May we all live long,
    sharing the same fair moon,
    though thousands of miles apart.
     
    Chief Inspector Chen was ready to go back to Shanghai.