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After listening to these words, Madame Wang felt as if she had been blasted by thunder and struck by lightning; and, as they fitted so appositely with the incident connected with Chin Ch'uan-erh, her heart was more than ever fired with boundless affection for Hsi Jen.
"Eight of them," rejoined lady Feng, "but there are at present only seven; the other one is Hsi Jen." "Quite right," assented Madame Wang. "But your cousin Pao-yue hasn't any maid at one tael; for Hsi Jen is still a servant belonging to old lady Chia's household."
It was not pretty; it was his nature. Happen, poor fellow, he could not help it; but so it was." A maid came in and set the tea-things down; and Mrs. Julaper drew her sad guest over by the arm, and made him sit down, and she said: "What has a man to do, frettin' in that way? By Jen, I'm ashamed o' ye, Master Philip!
But hardly had she had time to complete this remark, when she caught sight of Hsi Jen walk in, who upon perceiving this state of things, became aware that he was already combed and washed, and she felt constrained to go back and attend to her own coiffure and ablutions. But suddenly, she saw Pao-ch'ai come in and inquire: "Where's cousin Pao-yue gone?"
The young man halted before her, his breath coming quickly not altogether from the exertion of his steep and rapid climb. "Jen, I'm mad about you," he said, his brown eyes soft and luminous with passion. "I've done nothing but think about you in the week you've been back. I didn't sleep last night, and I've come up here as early as I dared to tell you to ask you to marry me."
She was communing with her own thoughts. But unawares perceiving Hsi Jen wave her hand and call her by name, she had to walk up to her. "Our watering-pot is spoilt," Hsi Jen smiled and said, "so go to Miss Lin's over there and find one for us to use." Hsiao Hung hastened on her way towards the Hsiao Hsiang Kuan.
Chou promised to execute her directions and went on her way. Lady Feng's eye was attracted by several golden hairpins and pearl ornaments of great brilliancy and beauty, which Hsi Jen wore in her coiffure.
And subsequently she secretly attempted with Pao-yue a violent flirtation, and lucky enough no one broke in upon them during their tete-a-tete. From this date, Pao-yue treated Hsi Jen with special regard, far more than he showed to the other girls, while Hsi Jen herself was still more demonstrative in her attentions to Pao-yue. But for a time we will make no further remark about them.
"Eh, Miss Jen, but it's the word ye have, as I was sayin' to Rob McTurk up at the pirn-mill last Tuesday week. 'If only our Miss Jen there had been a man, says I, 'it's never Lalor Maitland that would have been sent to sit in King George's High House o' Parliament." Again Boyd Connoway took up his burden of testimony. "Aye, Miss Jen, there's some that's born to trouble as the sparks fly upward.
Ling Chu pulled again at his cigarette and then threw it into the grate. "It is in the interests of all parties," he said in his slow, halting way, "that the truth should be known, both for the sake of my honourable master, Lieh Jen, the Hunter, and his honourable Little Lady." He took up his knife and bent over the terror-stricken man.
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