Pao-yue had, it is true, caught all that had been said, but unable with any propriety to take notice of it, he thought it his duty to explain matters for her. Shes ill, he observed, and is taking medicines; and if you dont believe it, he went on, well then ask the rest of the servant-girls.
Nurse Li at these words flew into a more violent dudgeon. Your sole delight is to screen that lot of sly foxes! she remarked, and do you pay any notice to me? No, none at all! and whom would you like me to go and ask; whos it that doesnt back you? and who hasnt been dismounted from her horse by Hsi Jen? I know all about it; but Ill go with you and explain all these matters to our old mistress and my lady; for Ive nursed you till Ive brought you to this age, and now that you dont feed on milk, you thrust me on one side, and avail yourself of the servant-girls, in your wish to browbeat me.
As she uttered this remark, she too gave way to tears, but by this time, Tai-yue and Pao-chai had also come over, and they set to work to reassure her. You, old lady, they urged, should bear with them a little, and everything will be right! And when nurse Li saw these two arrive, she hastened to lay bare her grievances to them; and taking up the question of the dismissal in days gone by, of Hsi Hsueeh, for having drunk some tea, of the cream eaten on the previous day, and other similar matters, she spun a long, interminable yarn.
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