At this disclosure, Ma, the Taoist matron, lowered her head for a long time. When everything, she observed, shall have been settled satisfactorily, and when therell be, whats more, no proof at all, will you still pay any heed to me?
Whats there hard about this? remarked Mrs. Chao. ve saved several taels from my own pin-money, and have besides a good number of clothes and head-ornaments. So you can first take several of these away with you. And Ill further write an I.O.U., and entrust it to you, and when that time does come, Ill pay you in full.
That will do! answered the Taoist matron, Ma.
Mrs. Chao thereupon dismissed even a young servant-girl, who happened to be in the room, and hastily opening a trunk, she produced several articles of clothing and jewelry, as well as a few odd pieces of silver from her own pocket-money. Then also writing a promissory note for fifty taels, she surrendered the lot to Ma, the Taoist matron. Take these, she said, in advance for presents in your temple.
At the sight of the various articles and of the promissory note, the Taoist matron became at once unmindful of what was right and what was wrong; and while her mouth was full of assent, she stretched out her arm, and first and foremost laid hold of the hard cash, and next clutched the I.O.U. Turning then towards Mrs. Chao, she asked for a sheet of paper; and taking up a pair of scissors, she cut out two human beings and gave them to Mrs. Chao, enjoining her to write on the upper part of them the respective ages of the two persons in question. Looking further for a sheet of blue paper, she cut out five blue-faced devils, which she bade her place together side by side with the paper men, and taking a pin she made them fast. When I get home, she remarked, ll have recourse to some art, which will, beyond doubt, prove efficacious.
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