红楼梦Chapter23_小升初阅读_小升初-查字典英语网

红楼梦Chapter23

As he spoke， he handed it to her; and Tai-yue deposited all the flowers on the ground， took over the book， and read it from the very first page; and the more she perused it， she got so much the more fascinated by it， that in no time she had finished reading sixteen whole chapters. But aroused as she was to a state of rapture by the diction， what remained even of the fascination was enough to overpower her senses; and though she had finished reading， she nevertheless continued in a state of abstraction， and still kept on gently recalling the text to mind， and humming it to herself.

Cousin， tell me is it nice or not? Pao-yue grinned.

It is indeed full of zest! Lin Tai-yue replied exultingly.

m that very sad and very sickly person， Pao-yue explained laughing， while you are that beauty who could subvert the empire and overthrow the city.

Lin Tai-yue became， at these words， unconsciously crimson all over her cheeks， even up to her very ears; and raising， at the same moment， her two eyebrows， which seemed to knit and yet not to knit， and opening wide those eyes， which seemed to stare and yet not to stare， while her peach-like cheeks bore an angry look and on her thin-skinned face lurked displeasure， she pointed at Pao-yue and exclaimed： You do deserve death， for the rubbish you talk! without any provocation you bring up these licentious expressions and wanton ballads to give vent to all this insolent rot， in order to insult me; but Ill go and tell uncle and aunt.