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红楼梦Chapter13

Chia Chen promptly received him， and pressed him into a seat; and when they adjourned into the Hall of the Loitering Bees， tea was presented.

Chia Chen had already arrived at a fixed purpose， so that he seized an opportunity to tell him of his wish to purchase an office for Chia Jungs advancement.

Tai Chuean understood the purport of his remark. It is， I presume， he added smilingly， that the funeral rites should be a little more sumptuous.

My worthy sir， eagerly rejoined Chia Chen， your surmise on that score is perfectly correct.

the question， explained Tai Chuean， comes up at an opportune moment; for there is just at present a good vacancy. Of the three hundred officers who at present constitute the Imperial Body Guard， there are two wanting. Yesterday marquis Hsiang Yangs third brother came to appeal to me with one thousand five hundred taels of ready money， which he brought over to my house. You know the friendship of old standing which exists between him and me， so that， placing other considerations aside， I without a second thought， assented for his fathers sake. But there still remains another vacancy， which， who would have thought it， fat general Feng， of Yung Hsing， asked to purchase for his son; but I have had no time to give him an answer. Besides， as our child wants to purchase it， you had better at once write a statement of his antecedents.