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红楼梦Chapter24

You barefaced， low-bred thing! cried Chiu Wen， turning towards her and spurting in her face. It was our bounden duty to tell you to go and hurry them for the water， but you simply maintained that you were busy and made us go instead， in order to afford you an opportunity of performing these wily tricks! and isnt this raising yourself up li by li? But dont we forsooth， even so much as come up to you? and you just take that looking-glass and see for yourself， whether you be fit to serve tea and to hand water or not?

To-morrow， continued Pi Hea， ll tell them that whenever theres anything to do connected with his wanting tea， or asking for water， or with fetching things for him， not one of us should budge， and that _she_ alone should be allowed to go， and have done!

If this be your suggestion， remarked Chiu Wen， wouldnt it be still better that we should all disperse， and let her reign supreme in this room!

But while the two of them were up to this trouble， one saying one thing， and another， another， they caught sight of two old nurses walk in to deliver a message from lady Feng; who explained： To-morrow， someone will bring in gardeners to plant trees， and she bids you keep under more rigorous restraint， and not sun your clothes and petticoats anywhere and everywhere; nor air them about heedlessly; that the artificial hill will， all along， be entirely shut in by screening curtains， and that you mustnt he running about at random.