these troth are beauteous purple and fine carmine flowers， which in this way all round do bloom， And all together lie ensconced along the broken well， and the dilapidated wall!

But the moment Lin Tai-yue heard these lines， she was， in fact， so intensely affected and agitated that she at once halted and lending an ear listened attentively to what they went on to sing， which ran thus：

A glorious day this is， and pretty scene， but sad I feel at heart! Contentment and pleasure are to be found in whose family courts?

After overhearing these two lines， she unconsciously nodded her head， and sighed， and mused in her own mind. Really， she thought， there is fine diction even in plays! but unfortunately what men in this world simply know is to see a play， and they dont seem to be able to enjoy the beauties contained in them.

At the conclusion of this train of thought， she experienced again a sting of reGREt， (as she fancied) she should not have given way to such idle thoughts and missed attending to the ballads; but when she once more came to listen， the song， by some coincidence， went on thus：

Its all because thy loveliness is like a flower and like the comely spring， That years roll swiftly by just like a running stream.

When this couplet struck Tai-yus ear， her heart felt suddenly a prey to excitement and her soul to emotion; and upon further hearing the words：

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