At the sight of her, Pao-yue heaved a sigh. Even when asleep, he soliloquised, she cant be quiet! but by and by, when the wind will have blown on her, shell again shout that her shoulder is sore! With these words, he gently covered her, but Lin Tai-yue had already awoke out of her sleep, and becoming aware that there was some one about, she promptly concluded that it must, for a certainty, be Pao-yue, and turning herself accordingly round, and discovering at a glance that the truth was not beyond her conjectures, she observed: What have you run over to do at this early hour? to which question Pao-yue replied: Do you call this early? but get up and see for yourself!
First quit the room, Tai-yue suggested, and let us get up!
Pao-yue thereupon made his exit into the ante-chamber, and Tai-yue jumped out of bed, and awoke Hsiang-yuen. When both of them had put on their clothes, Pao-yue re-entered and took a seat by the side of the toilet table; whence he beheld Tzu-chuean and Hsueeh Yen walk in and wait upon them, as they dressed their hair and performed their ablutions. Hsiang-yuen had done washing her face, and Tsuei Lue at once took the remaining water and was about to throw it away, when Pao-yue interposed, saying: Wait, Ill avail myself of this opportunity to wash too and finish with it, and thus save myself the trouble of having again to go over! Speaking the while, he hastily came forward, and bending his waist, he washed his face twice with two handfuls of water, and when Tzu Chuean went over to give him the scented soap, Pao-yue added: In this basin, theres a good deal of it, and theres no need of rubbing any more! He then washed his face with two more handfuls, and forthwith asked for a towel, and Tsuei Lue exclaimed: What! have you still got this failing? when will you turn a new leaf? But Pao-yue paid not so much as any heed to her, and there and then called for some salt, with which he rubbed his teeth, and rinsed his mouth. When he had done, he perceived that Hsiang-yuen had already finished combing her hair, and speedily coming up to her, he put on a smile, and said: My dear cousin, comb my hair for me!
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