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Upon her the parents doated as much as if she were a brilliant pearl in the palm of their hand. But to proceed. Yue-ts'un, while sojourning at an inn, was unexpectedly laid up with a violent chill.
In looks, she is also so extremely beautiful, in speech so extremely quick and fluent, in ingenuity so deep and astute, that even a man could, in no way, come up to her mark." After hearing these remarks Yue-ts'un smiled.
"These two sentences," Yue-ts'un pondered after perusal, "although simple in language, are profound in signification. I have previous to this visited many a spacious temple, located on hills of note, but never have I beheld an inscription referring to anything of the kind.
In the course of their conversation, a servant came and announced 'that the gentleman who lived in the Hsing Lung Street had come. "Our master," he added, "bids you, Mr. Secundus, come out and greet him." As soon as Pao-yue heard this announcement, he knew that Chia Yue-ts'un must have arrived. But he felt very unhappy at heart. Hsi Jen hurried to go and bring his clothes.
"Honourable people forget many things," remarked the Retainer, as he smiled. "What! Have you even forgotten the place where you started in life? and do you not remember what occurred, in years gone by, in the Hu Lu Temple?" Yue-ts'un was filled with extreme astonishment; and past events then began to dawn upon him.
The fact is that Yue-ts'un, ever since the day on which he had seen the girl of the Chen family turn twice round to glance at him, flattered himself that she was friendly disposed towards him, and incessantly fostered fond thoughts of her in his heart. And on this day, which happened to be the mid-autumn feast, he could not, as he gazed at the moon, refrain from cherishing her remembrance.
In a twinkle, another year and more slipped by, and when least expected, the mother of his ward, nee Chia, was carried away after a short illness. Being unable for a considerable time to prosecute her studies, Yue-ts'un lived at leisure and had no duties to attend to. Whenever therefore the wind was genial and the sun mild, he was wont to stroll at random, after he had done with his meals.
"If you, sir, were to compose them to-day," they ventured, "they are sure to be excellent; and what need will there be again to wait for Yue-ts'un!"
But, without alluding to Wang Tzu-t'eng, who was promoted to be Lord High Commissioner of the Nine Provinces; Chia Yue-ts'un, who filled up the post of Chief Inspector of Cavalry, Assistant Grand Councillor, and Commissioner of Affairs of State, we will resume our narrative with Chia Chen, in the other part of the establishment.
"There is one thing however: in the family of one of your worthy kinsmen, of the same name as yourself, a trifling, but yet remarkable, occurrence has taken place." "None of my kindred reside in the capital," rejoined Yue-ts'un with a smile. "To what can you be alluding?" "How can it be that you people who have the same surname do not belong to one clan?" remarked Tzu-hsing, sarcastically.
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