She then went to take a seat outside. Before sitting down

When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling.

This is a rare configuration, and one that has astrologers all abuzz, for it will not occur again, after 2009, until 2022.

Behind her in the room lightning lit the window like a white sheet waving and the baby cried.

Yet the Chinese have taken our measure, and decided that we won't act. Until or unless that changes, we're just whistling in the wind.