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红楼梦Chapter24

With these words still on his lips， he simultaneously produced an ornamented box， which he handed over to her. And as lady Feng was， at this time， making preparations for presents for the occasion of the dragon boat festival， for which perfumes were obligatory， she， with all promptitude， directed Feng Erh： Receive Mr. Yuens present and take it home and hand it over to Ping Erh. To one， she consequently added， who seems to me so full of discrimination， it isnt a wonder that your uncle is repeatedly alluding， and that he speaks highly of you; how that you talk with all intelligence and that you have experience stored up in your mind.

Chia Yuen upon hearing this propitious language， hastily drew near one step， and designedly asked： Does really uncle often refer to me?

the moment lady Feng caught this question， she was at once inclined to tell him all about the charge to be entrusted to him， but on second thought， she again felt apprehensive lest she should be looked lightly upon by him， by simply insinuating that she had promptly and needlessly promised him something to do， so soon as she got a little scented ware; and this consideration urged her to once more restrain her tongue， so that she never made the slightest reference even to so much as one word about his having been chosen to look after the works of planting the flowers and trees. And after confining herself to making the first few irrelevant remarks which came to her lips， she hastily betook herself into dowager lady Chias apartments.