The old scholar, Palash, of Gruz town, upon seeing the emblem on the flag, flinched with wide eyes and broke out in a cold sweat.,Two maids, both wearing yellowish linen head scarves, were working while whispering to each other.,Pushing open the gate, the courtyard of the stilt house was laden with vegetables and fruits. On the shelves beside it, withered vines still clung to the structures. These vines, during harvest month, would bear many "droplets," which Jon called grapes. Leon had tasted them and found them quite sweet, but now, the month for eating grapes had passed.。