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红楼梦Chapter31

While reproaching them， she clutched Tai-yues hand and was trudging away， when Tai-yue turned her head round and called out for her servant-girls. But not one of them was in attendance.

What do you want them for again? lady Feng asked. I am here to wait on you!

Still speaking， she pulled her along on their way， with Pao-yue following in their footsteps. Then making their exit out of the garden gate， they entered dowager lady Chias suite of rooms. I said that it was superfluous for any one to trouble， lady Feng smiled， as they were sure of themselves to become reconciled; but you， dear ancestor， so little believed it that you insisted upon my going to act the part of mediator. Yet when I got there， with the intention of inducing them to make it up， I found them， though one did not expect it， in each others company， confessing their faults， and laughing and chatting. Just like a yellow eagle clutching the feet of a kite were those two hanging on to each other. So where was the necessity for any one to go?

these words evoked laughter from every one in the room. Pao-chai， however， was present at the time so Lin Tai-yue did not retort， but went and ensconced herself in a seat near her grandmother.

When Pao-yue noticed that no one had anything to say， he smilingly addressed himself to Pao-chai. On cousin Hsueeh Ps birth-day， he remarked， I happened again to be unwell， so not only did I not send him any presents， but I failed to go and knock my head before him. Yet cousin knows nothing about my having been ill， and it will seem to him that I had no wish to go， and that I brought forward excuses so as to avoid paying him a visit. If to-morrow you find any leisure， cousin， do therefore explain matters for me to him.