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红楼梦Chapter22

　　When Pao-yue heard these words， he at once became alive to the fact that she too had lent an ear to the private conversation he had had a short while back with Hsiang-yuen： All because of my， fears， he carefully mused within himself， lest these two should have a misunderstanding， I was induced to come between them， and act as a mediator; but I myself have， contrary to my hopes， incurred blame and abuse on both sides! This just accords with what I read the other day in the Nan Hua Ching. The ingenious toil， the wise are full of care; the good-for-nothing seek for nothing， they feed on vegetables， and roam where they list; they wander purposeless like a boat not made fast!The mountain trees， the text goes on to say， lead to their own devastation; the spring (conduces) to its own plunder; and so on. And the more he therefore indulged in reflection， the more depressed he felt. Now there are only these few girls， he proceeded to ponder minutely， and yet， Im unable to treat them in such a way as to promote perfect harmony; and what will I forsooth do by and by (when there will be more to deal with)!

　　When he had reached this point in his cogitations， (he decided) that it was really of no avail to aGREe with her， so that turning round， he was making his way all alone into his apartments; but Lin Tai-yue， upon noticing that he had left her side， readily concluded that reflection had marred his spirits and that he had so thoroughly lost his temper as to be going without even giving vent to a single word， and she could not restrain herself from feeling inwardly more and more irritated. After youve gone this time， she hastily exclaimed， dont come again， even for a whole lifetime; and I wont have you either so much as speak to me!