theres still one pill remaining， Pao-yue explained by way of reply.

You had better， madame Wang added， fetch ten more pills tomorrow morning; and every day about bedtime tell Hsi Jen to give them to you; and when youve had one you can go to sleep!

Ever since you， mother， bade me take them， Pao-yue rejoined， Hsi Jen has daily sent me one， when I was about to turn in.

Whos this called Hsi Jen? Chia Chen thereupon ascertained.

Shes a waiting-maid! madame Wang answered.

A servant girl， Chia Cheng remonstrated， can be called by whatever name one chooses; anything is good enough; but whos it who has started this kind of pretentious name!

Madame Wang noticed that Chia Cheng was not in a happy frame of mind， so that she forthwith tried to screen matters for Pao-yue， by saying： Its our old lady who has originated it!

How can it possibly be， Chia Cheng exclaimed， that her ladyship knows anything about such kind of language? It must， for a certainty， be Pao-yue!

Pao-yue perceiving that he could not conceal the truth from him， was under the necessity of standing up and of explaining; As I have all along read verses， I remembered the line written by an old poet：

What time the smell of flowers wafts itself into man， one knows the day is warm.

And as this waiting-maids surname was Hua (flower)， I readily gave her the name， on the strength of this sentiment.

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