Out of This World: Page 12 so often, during a trip, or upon meeting a person, she thinks, I know this from somewhere. Or: You remind me of someone. One evening she and Gun Duk ride the ferry to Cheng Chau, all the better to avoid attention, and eat at a cheap res-taurant by the harbor. As they eat, she notices a young woman standing in the distance, lone under the streetlamp, watching them. Dammit, Gun Duk hisses. It's my girlfriend. Sorry, I'll be right back. And so the lone figure under the streetlamp becomes two, and Miho presses her face to the restaurant window, straining to look. Is that young girl … no, it couldn't be, impos-sible. Before she can even breathe Halley, Gun Duk pulls her aside, out of view, into darkness, not to return. Gun Duk: His weakness is envy. He sees all that others have, the slick designer suits and the latest BMWs (Mercedes are too staid for him). Just when all seems right, something better dodges within his eyesight, just out of reach. He treats lovers (lately, just one lover) with consid-eration, generosity, even tenderness, but he refuses to give away all of himself. If he should change his mind, he reasons, if he should find someone better, why add to the hurt of the breakup with memories of total commitment? . How does it all begin? Perhaps we see doors swing open onto a field of glistening green, only to watch the ground torn to bits the next moment as the horses storm out at the opening gun, the latest race at the Happy Valley track. Tight close-up on Cheng and Gun Duk among the spec-tators. She looks at him intently, choosing words with care: I've heard about a tortoise statue that defies gravity. Every year, it climbs a little higher on that hill in Shatin, a few centimeters at a time, and people say that when it reaches