红楼梦Chapter23_小升初阅读_小升初-查字典英语网

红楼梦Chapter23

Pao-yue smiled and put his book away， urging： Lets do whats right and proper， and at once take the flowers and bury them; and dont let us allude to these things!

Forthwith the two of them gathered the fallen blossoms; but no sooner had they interred them properly than they espied Hsi Jen coming， who went on to observe： Where havent I looked for you? What! have you found your way as far as this! But our senior master， Mr. Chia She， over there isn and the young ladies have all gone over to pay their respects， and our old lady has asked that you should be sent over; so go back at once and change your clothes!

When Pao-yue heard what she said， he hastily picked up his books， and saying good bye to Tai-yue， he came along with Hsi Jen， back into his room， where we will leave him to effect the necessary change in his costume. But during this while， Lin Tai-yue was， after having seen Pao-yue walk away， and heard that all her cousins were likewise not in their rooms， wending her way back alone， in a dull and dejected mood， towards her apartment， when upon reaching the outside corner of the wall of the Pear Fragrance court， she caught， issuing from inside the walls， the harmonious strains of the fife and the melodious modulations of voices singing. Lin Tai-yue readily knew that it was the twelve singing-girls rehearsing a play; and though she did not give her mind to go and listen， yet a couple of lines were of a sudden blown into her ears， and with such clearness， that even one word did not escape. Their burden was this：