Nothing of any discover transpired the full night time but the subsequent day, as quickly it was dawn, he got up, washed his experience, and came to the major street, outside the house the south gate, and getting some musk from a perfumery store, he, with speedy stride, entered the Jung Kuo mansion and acquiring, as a consequence of his inquiries, discovered out that Chia Lien experienced gone out of doorways, Chia Yün quickly betook himself to the again, in front of the door of Chia Lien’s courtroom, wherever he observed various servant-lads, with huge brooms in their hands, engaged in that spot in sweeping the court. Chia Yün himself did not come to feel as if he could really well advert to the topic, with the final result that he had no alternate but to retrace his measures homewards. Chia Yün looked out, and saw that it was a servant-maid of fifteen or sixteen, who was indeed really winsome and spruce. Chia Lien rejoined. « Have I forsooth bought all this leisure to chat of irrelevant matters! But to-morrow, apart from, I’ve bought to go as considerably as Hsing Yi for a convert, and it’s totally necessary that I ought to hurriedly occur again the very similar day so off with you now and go and wait and the working day following to-morrow, following the view has been established, occur and question for news but thoughts at any earlier hour, I shan’t have any leisure! » With these terms, he unexpectedly went at the back to change his clothes.

Chia Yün, upon listening to these phrases, indulged in a very long and revolting rigmarole, and then got up to choose his go away. As shortly having said that as the maid caught a glimpse of Chia Yün, she speedily turned herself round and withdrew out of sight. Pao-yü withdrew out of the home, and came by the back to the higher condominium and as shortly as madame Hsing caught sight of him, she, ahead of everything else, rose to her toes and questioned right after aged girl Chia’s health and fitness immediately after which, Pao-yü built his very own salutation, and madame Hsing drew him on to the stove-sofa, exactly where she induced him to acquire a seat, and finally inquired after the other inmates, and also gave orders to provide the tea. When Pao-yü listened to what she mentioned, he unexpectedly picked up his books, and saying excellent bye to Tai-yü, he came along with Hsi Jen, back again into his area, exactly where we will depart him to outcome the needed improve in his costume. We will now resume our story with Pao-yü. The up coming working day, at the fifth view, Chia Yun initial came in search of Ni Erh, to whom he repaid the funds, and then having fifty taels along with him, he sped outside the western gate to the residence of Fang Ch’un, a gardener, to buy trees, the place we will depart him with no stating anything much more about him.

As soon as she observed him enter, she inquired wherever he experienced been the full day lengthy, in reply to which Chia Yün, fearing lest his father or mother must be angry, forthwith manufactured no allusion to what transpired with Pu Shih-jen, but simply just explained that he experienced been in the western mansion, waiting for his uncle Secundus, Lien. But as when he experienced seen Pao-yü the past working day, he had questioned him to go into the outer library and wait for him, he thus concluded his meal and then the moment again entered the mansion and arrived above into the I Hsia examine, situated exterior the ceremonial gate, around at outdated girl Chia’s portion of the compound, in which he found the two lads Ming Yen, whose identify experienced been modified into Pei Ming, and Chu Yo taking part in at chess, and just arguing about the capture of a castle and other than them, Yin Ch’uan, Sao Hua, T’iao Yün, Pan Ho, these four or five of them, up to larks, thieving the younger birds from the nests below the eaves of the household. But, who would have believed it, Pao-yü experienced, at an early hour, gone to the mansion of the Prince of Pei Ching, so that Chia Yün had to sit in a listless temper till midday and when he identified out that woman Feng experienced returned, he speedily wrote an acknowledgment and arrived to receive the warrant.

Chia Yün wended his measures straightway dwelling and the up coming day, he came to the front entrance, where by, by a peculiar coincidence, he achieved lady Feng on her way to the opposite facet to shell out her respects. Chia Yün turned his head round, as he saved on his way, and reported by way of rejoinder: « I won’t have any tea for I’ve aside from anything more to go to to! » and though with his lips he uttered these terms, he, with his eyes, stared at the servant-girl, who was however standing in there. Hsi Jen at as soon as walked into the place to fetch his outfits, and Pao-yü sat on the edge of the mattress, and pushed his footwear off with his toes and, when waiting for his boots to set them on, he turned spherical and perceiving that Yüan Yang, who was clad in a light-weight red silk jacket and a inexperienced satin waistcoat, and girdled with a white crepe sash, had her encounter turned the other way, and her head lowered offering her consideration to the criticism of the needlework, although spherical her neck she wore a collar with embroidery, Pao-yü quickly pressed his experience against the nape of her neck, and as he sniffed the fragrance about it, he did not continue to be his hand from stroking her neck, which in whiteness and smoothness was not beneath that of Hsi Jen and as he approached her, « My dear girl, » he said smiling and with a drivelling facial area, « do enable me lick the cosmetic off your mouth! » clinging to her individual, as he uttered these terms, like twisted sweetmeat.