Is it a faith only for men, then?
Is it against women?
Must the young men not look at the young women ?" "No, Golden Bells; the young men must not look too much on the young women." "But that is very foolish, Marco Polo.

Is it wrong to see the beauty of the almond blossoms, wrong to taste the scented wind?
Is it wrong to watch the kingfisher seeking his nest?
Is it wrong to watch the moon, the stars?
All these are very beautiful, Marco Polo, so beautiful as to make me cry.

Is it wrong to watch them ?" "It is not wrong, Golden Bells.

The glory of God is in the beauty of his handicraft." "Li Po is old and wise and a great poet, Marco Polo, and Li Po says there is beauty in a running horse and beauty in a running stream; but there is no beauty like the beauty of a young woman, and she letting down her hair.

God made the beauty of women, too, Marco Polo, as well as the beauty of the stars.