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红楼梦Chapter17

Are forsooth the devices the river Chi and the Chu Garden not those of old authors? insinuated Chia Cheng.

they are too stiff， replied Pao-yue. Would not the four characters： a phoenix comes with dignified air， be better?

With clamorous unanimity the whole party shouted： Excellent： and Chia Cheng nodding his head; You beast， you beast! he ejaculated， it may well be said about you that you see through a thin tube and have no more judgment than an insect! Compose another stanza， he consequently bade him; and Pao-yue recited：

In the precious tripod kettle， tea is brewed， but GREen is still the smoke! Oer is the game of chess by the still window， but the fingers are yet cold.

Chia Cheng shook his head. Neither does this seem to me good! he said; and having concluded this remark he was leading the company out， when just as he was about to proceed， he suddenly bethought himself of something.

the several courts and buildings and the teapoys， sideboards， tables and chairs， he added， may be said to be provided for. But there are still all those curtains， screens and portieres， as well as the furniture， nicknacks and curios; and have they too all been matched to suit the requirements of each place?

Of the things that have to be placed about， Chia Chen explained， a good number have， at an early period， been added， and of course when the time comes everything will be suitably arranged. As for the curtains， screens， and portieres， which have to be hung up， I heard yesterday brother Lien say that they are not as yet complete， that when the works were first taken in hand， the plan of each place was drawn， the measurements accurately calculated and some one despatched to attend to the things， and that he thought that yesterday half of them were bound to come in.