红楼梦Chapter23_小升初阅读_小升初-查字典英语网

红楼梦Chapter23

Ming Yen， upon seeing him go on in this way， felt prompted， with the idea of affording his mind some distraction， to think of this and to devise that expedient; but everything had been indulged in with surfeit by Pao-yue， and there was only this resource， (that suggested itself to him，) of which Pao-yue had not as yet had any experience. Bringing his reflections to a close， he forthwith came over to a bookshop， and selecting novels， both of old and of the present age， traditions intended for outside circulation on Fei Yen， Ho Te， Wu Tse-tien， and Yang Kuei-fei， as well as books of light literature consisting of strange legends， he purchased a good number of them with the express purpose of enticing Pao-yue to read them. As soon as Pao-yue caught sight of them， he felt as if he had obtained some gem or jewel. But you mustnt， Ming Yen went on to enjoin him， take them into the garden; for if any one were to come to know anything about them， I shall then suffer more than I can bear; and you should， when you go along， hide them in your clothes!

But would Pao-yue aGREe to not introducing them into the garden? So after much wavering， he picked out only several volumes of those whose style was more refined， and took them in， and threw them over the top of his bed for him to peruse when no one was present; while those coarse and very indecent ones， he concealed in a bundle in the outer library.