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红楼梦Chapter23

Alone you sit in the secluded inner rooms to self-compassion giving way.

and other such lines， she became still more as if inebriated， and like as if out of her head， and unable to stand on her feet， she speedily stooped her body， and， taking a seat on a block of stone， she minutely pondered over the rich beauty of the eight characters：

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

Of a sudden， she likewise bethought herself of the line：

Water flows away and flowers decay， for both no feelings have.

which she had read some days back in a poem of an ancient writer， and also of the passage：

When on the running stream the flowers do fall， spring then is past and gone;

and of：

Heaven (differs from) the human race，

which also appeared in that work; and besides these， the lines， which she had a short while back read in the Hsi Hiang Chi：

the flowers， lo， fall， and on their course the waters red do flow! Petty misfortunes of ten thousand kinds (my heart assail!)

both simultaneously FLASHed through her memory; and， collating them all together， she meditated on them minutely， until suddenly her heart was stricken with pain and her soul fleeted away， while from her eyes trickled down drops of tears. But while nothing could dispel her present state of mind， she unexpectedly realised that some one from behind gave her a tap; and， turning her head round to look， she found that it was a young girl; but who it was， the next chapter will make known.