Pip's Question

[Pip]

Sorry, I don't really expect too many responses this late in the year, but what do you think of the punishments meted out to the servants/slaves? For example Xi-Chun has no compunction in getting rid of Picture because she smuggled some of her brother's stuff in to the Garden for safekeeping. What about Skybright's demise?

[John]

It obviously seemed harsh, and I thought reflected cultural issues that I wasn't fully understanding.