Note 1 — LETTERS 1890-1904 (continued 2)

(Like Tchi-Nim?)—It means “Life-for-a-Thousand-Years,”—a name of good omen.

[2] I am not sure if you know this expression;—it is said of a gun or pistol which does not go off when the trigger is pulled.

[3] More literally, “the pity of things.”

[4] The day of Hearn’s death.