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Updated: May 31, 2025
The young ladies, your cousins, are all here making such a row that my head is dazed, so that I won't to-day keep you to have your repast here." To which Chia Huan and Chia Lan assented and quickly walked out. "If it be really the case that all my cousins have come over," Pao-yue ventured with a smirk, "how is it that I don't see them?"
This allusion suggested the idea to Pao-yue. Speedily clapping his hands, he smiled and exclaimed: "Your idea is splendid, cousin. I'd forgotten all about it! The only thing is what colour will suit it best?" "It will never do to use mixed colours," Pao-ch'ai rejoined.
"Who has been telling old stories?" she asked with a beaming face; "do let me also hear them." Tai-yue pressed her at once into a seat. "Just see for yourself who else besides is here!" she smiled; "he goes in for profuse abuses and then maintains that it's an old story!" "Is it indeed cousin Pao-yue?" Pao-ch'ai remarked.
Pao-yue allowed her no time to finish, but hastened to say something to interrupt the conversation.
But I couldn't very well stifle this breath of life of mine!" While inwardly a prey to resentment, she also melted into tears. These words were brought to the ears of Pao-yue and Tai-yue. Neither of them had hitherto heard the adage: "people who are not enemies are not brought together," so when they suddenly got to know the line, it seemed as if they had apprehended abstraction.
The second place was occupied by Pao-ch'ai; the third by Tai-yue; the fourth by Ying Ch'un. T'an Ch'un and Hsi Ch'un filled the lower seats, in their proper order; Pao-yue sat in the last place. The two teapoys assigned to Li Wan and lady Feng stood within the third line of railings, and beyond the second row of gauze frames.
But to-morrow I'll tell them about this to judge for themselves what your motives are!" Pao-yue was himself aware of the fact that this rejoinder had been recklessly spoken, and he was seized with regret. His face immediately became suffused with blushes. He lowered his head and had not the courage to utter one word more. Fortunately, however, there was no one present in the room.
"Cousin," laughed Pao-yue, "you must have certainly tasted what you've got in your house long before us." Pao-ch'ai shook her head and smiled. "Yesterday," she said, "my brother did actually make it a point to ask me to have some; but I had none; I told him to keep them and send them to others, so confident am I that with my mean lot and scanty blessings I little deserve to touch such dainties."
The two girls were then about to call him, when Pao-yue woke up of his own accord, and speedily leaping out of bed, he threw his clothes over him.
"Where can I go?" Pao-yue asked as he pushed her. "I'm quite sick and tired of seeing the others." At these words, Tai-yue burst out laughing with a sound of Ch'ih. "Well! since you wish to remain here," she added, "go over there and sit down quietly, and let's have a chat." "I'll also recline," Pao-yue suggested. "Well, then, recline!" Tai-yue assented.
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