Looking Back on Three Lives

Every time the leper would dream about a woman whose face he could never see. She would say, "You are a monk, and I am the only woman in your life." Then blood would flow out from her neck. The leper woke up in panic, and there was nothing around him. Who is this woman? Is the leper a monk? What kind of dream is this dream... This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.