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红楼梦Chapter24

He had， at quite an unexpected juncture， met this piece of luck， so that his heart was， of course， delighted to the utmost deGREe. This Ni Erh， he mused， is really a good enough sort of fellow， but what I dread is that he may have been open-handed in his fit of drunkenness， and that he maynt， by and by， ask for his money to be paid twice over; and what will I do then? Never mind， he suddenly went on to ponder， when that job has become an accomplished fact， I shall even have the means to pay him back double the original amount.

Prompted by this resolution， he came over to a money-shop， and when he had the silver weighed， and no discrepancy was discovered in the weight， he was still more elated at heart; and on his way back， he first and foremost delivered Ni Erhs message to his wife， and then returned to his own home， where he found his mother seated all alone on a stove-couch spinning thread. As soon as she saw him enter， she inquired where he had been the whole day long， in reply to which Chia Yuen， fearing lest his parent should be angry， forthwith made no allusion to what transpired with Pu Shih-jen， but simply explained that he had been in the western mansion， waiting for his uncle Secundus， Lien. This over， he asked his mother whether she had had her meal or not， and his parent said by way of reply： ve had it， but Ive kept something for you in there， and calling to the servant-maid， she bade her bring it round， and set it before him to eat. But as it was already dark， when the lamps had to be lit， Chia Yuen， after partaking of his meal， got ready and turned in.