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红楼梦Chapter23

As soon as she pronounced the two words insult me， her eyeballs at once were suffused with purple， and turning herself round she there and then walked away; which filled Pao-yue with so much distress that he jumped forward to impede her proGREss， as he pleaded： My dear cousin， I earnestly entreat you to spare me this time! Ive indeed said what I shouldn but if I had any intention to insult you， Ill throw myself to-morrow into the pond， and let the scabby-headed turtle eat me up， so that I become transformed into a large tortoise. And when you shall have by and by become the consort of an officer of the first degree， and you shall have fallen ill from old age and returned to the west， Ill come to your tomb and bear your stone tablet for ever on my back!

As he uttered these words， Lin Tai-yue burst out laughing with a sound of pu chih， and rubbing her eyes， she sneeringly remarked： I too can come out with this same tune; but will you now still go on talking nonsense? Pshaw! youre， in very truth， like a spear-head， (which looks) like silver， (but is really soft as) wax!

Go on， go on! Pao-yue smiled after this remark; and what youve said， I too will go and tell!

You maintain， Lin Tai-yue rejoined sarcastically， that after glancing at anything youre able to recite it; and do you mean to say that I cant even do so much as take in ten lines with one gaze?