Arthur Waley hopes there is nothing he can do

He used to gaze with mild wonder and sympathy at normal domestic routines and was once heard to exclaim "I hope there is nothing I can do to help!"

    --A reminiscence by Hubert Waley of his brother Arthur, the Chinese and Japanese translator, in Madly Singing in the Mountains, an Appreciation and Anthology of Arthur Waley, edited by Ivan Morris

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[Ashu]

Love it, love Waley.