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红楼梦Chapter22

　　And yet， pleaded Pao-yue， full of perplexity， I had done it for your sake; and through this， Ive come in for reproach. But if it were with an evil heart I did so， may I at once become ashes， and be trampled upon by ten thousands of people!

　　In this felicitous firstmonth， Hsiang-yuen remonstrated， you shouldnt talk so much reckless nonsense! All these worthless despicable oaths， disjointed words， and corrupt language， go and tell for the benefit of those mean sort of people， who in everything take pleasure in irritating others， and who keep you under their thumb! But mind dont drive me to spit contemptuously at you.

　　As she gave utterance to these words， she betook herself in the inner room of dowager lady Chias suite of apartments， where she lay down in high dudgeon， and， as Pao-yue was so heavy at heart， he could not help coming again in search of Tai-yue; but strange to say， as soon as he put his foot inside the doorway， he was speedily hustled out of it by Tai-yue， who shut the door in his face.

　　Pao-yue was once more unable to fathom her motives， and as he stood outside the window， he kept on calling out： My dear cousin， in a low tone of voice; but Tai-yue paid not the slightest notice to him so that Pao-yue became so melancholy that he drooped his head， and was plunged in silence. And though Hsi Jen had， at an early hour， come to know the circumstances， she could not very well at this juncture tender any advice.