¹When Gyeong-seok discovered Subunim’s absence, he grew alarmed and began questioning the neighbors about Her whereabouts, but in vain.²Finally, a farmer who had been working in the fields at dawn said, “Early this morning, I saw Her traveling quickly on a road leading to Jeongeup Township.”

³Gyeong-seok and his younger brother, Yun-chil, immediately set out after Subunim, moving as swiftly as they could, and overtook Her in Taein County at the foot of Dolchangigogae Hill. ⁴Gyeong-seok immediately searched Her and took away the poison, asking,⁵“My dear elder cousin, why are You acting this way? Our Teacher is occupied with a most important work of renewal. He has sent word expressly forbidding anyone to visit Him without His command. So I, too, have refrained from visiting Him and anxiously await His command of summons.⁶If You suddenly go visit Him, You and I will both receive a severe reprimand from Him. How would You bear that?” Gyeong-seok then implored, “I beg of You, return immediately and await His summons.”

⁷But Subunim continued walking onward, refusing to heed Gyeong-seok’s request, and so the two brothers had no choice but to follow.⁸She quickened Her pace and traveled a long distance of eighty ri in a mere half day.