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红楼梦Chapter24

Chia Yuen looked out， and saw that it was a servant-maid of fifteen or sixteen， who was indeed extremely winsome and spruce. As soon however as the maid caught a glimpse of Chia Yuen， she speedily turned herself round and withdrew out of sight. But， as luck would have it， it happened that Pei Ming was coming along， and seeing the servant-maid in front of the door， he observed： Welcome， welcome! I was quite at a loss how to get any news of Pao-yue. And as Chia Yuen discerned Pei Ming， he hastily too， ran out in pursuit of him， and ascertained what was up; whereupon Pei Ming returned for answer： I waited a whole day long， and not a single soul came over; but this girl is attached to master Secundus (Mr. Paos) rooms! and， My dear girl， he consequently went on to say， go in and take a message. Say that Mr. Secundus， who lives under the portico， has come!

the servant-maid， upon hearing these words， knew at once that he was a young gentleman belonging to the family in which she served， and she did not skulk out of sight， as she had done in the first instance; but with a gaze sufficient to kill， she fixed her two eyes upon Chia Yuen， when she heard Chia Yuen interpose： What about over the portico and under the portico; you just tell him that Yuen Erh is come， thats all.

After a while this girl gave a sarcastic smile. My idea is， she ventured， that you， master Secundus， should really， if it so please you， go back， and come again to-morrow; and to-night， if I find time， Ill just put in a word with him!