Ai ya! Pao-yue was heard to exclaim. Every one in the whole room was plunged in consternation. With precipitate haste, the lanterns, standing on the floor, were moved over; and, with the first ray of light, they discovered that Pao-yues face was one mass of tallow.
Madame Wang gave way to anger as well as anxiety. At one time, she issued directions to the servants to rub and wash Pao-yue clean. At another, she heaped abuse upon Chia Huan.
Lady Feng jumped on to the stone-couch by leaps and bounds. But while intent upon removing the stuff from Pao-yues face, she simultaneously ejaculated: Master Tertius, are you still such a trickster! Ill tell you what, youll never turn to any good account! Yet dame Chao should ever correct and admonish him.
This single remark suggested the idea to Madame Wang, and she lost no time in sending for Mrs. Chao to come round.
You bring up, she berated her, such a black-hearted offspring like this, and dont you, after all, advise and reprove him? Time and again I paid no notice whatever to what happened, and you and he have become more audacious, and have gone from worse to worse!
Mrs. Chao had no alternative but to suppress every sense of injury, silence all grumblings, and go herself and lend a hand to the others in tidying Pao-yue. She then perceived that a whole row of blisters had risen on the left side of Pao-yues face, but that fortunately no injury had been done to his eyes.
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