[ { "chunk": 64, "story": 7, "summary": "After an epigraph, a pretty girl of modest family is courted by a rich, powerful and extraordinarily ugly senior official, to her mother's delight.", "predicament": "A pretty young woman of modest family is courted by a powerful, very ugly older man, and her mother is overjoyed." }, { "chunk": 65, "story": 7, "summary": "The suitor entertains lavishly and wields great influence; archery is the fashion, and the girl is the best lady archer in the hills.", "predicament": "A powerful suitor spends lavishly and holds great influence, while the young woman he wants is admired for her one great skill." }, { "chunk": 66, "story": 7, "summary": "The girl enjoys his attention but prefers a handsome young officer with no prospects; her mother scolds her and reminds her of the precedence she would gain.", "predicament": "Pushed by her mother toward a powerful, ugly suitor, a young woman keeps slipping away to a handsome admirer with no prospects." }, { "chunk": 67, "story": 7, "summary": "The suitor stages an archery contest with a diamond bracelet everyone knows is meant for her, winning it to mean accepting him.", "predicament": "A powerful suitor stages a public contest whose prize everyone understands means accepting him, and the young woman must compete." }, { "chunk": 68, "story": 7, "summary": "Seeing his smug smile, she nods to her young man and deliberately shoots wide, into the supports and the ground, before the whole assembly.", "predicament": "Before the whole of society, a young woman deliberately throws a contest she could easily win, publicly refusing a powerful suitor." }, { "chunk": 69, "story": 7, "summary": "A plain schoolgirl wins; the suitor must present the prize, the mother weeps in public, and the young officer takes the girl away.", "predicament": "A public refusal leaves a powerful man humiliated and a mother in tears, while the young woman leaves with the suitor she chose." } ]