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红楼梦Chapter13

With these words， he drew Pao-yue along， and taking leave of the whole number of visitors， they forthwith came into the drawing rooms.

This day was luckily not a grand occasion， so that few relatives and friends had come. In the inner apartments there were only a small number of ladies of close kinship. Mesdames Hsing and Wang， and lady Feng， and the women of the whole household， were entertaining the guests， when they heard a servant announce that Mr. Chia Chen had come. (This announcement) took the whole body of ladies and young ladies so much by surprise， that， with a rushing sound， they tried to hide in the back rooms; but they were not quick enough (to effect their escape)。

Lady Feng alone composedly stood up. Chia Chen was himself at this time rather unwell， and being also very much cut up， he entered the room shuffling along， propping himself up with a staff.

You are not well? therefore remarked madame Hsing and the others， and youve had besides so much to attend to during these consecutive days， that what you require is rest to get all right; and why do you again come over?

Chia Chen was， as he leant on his staff， straining every nerve to bend his body so as to fall on his knees and pay his respects to them， and express his sense of obligation for the trouble they had taken， when madame Hsing and the other ladies hastily called Pao-yue to raise him up， bidding a servant move a chair for him to sit on. Chia Chen would not take a seat; but making an effort to return a smile， Your nephew， he urged， has come over， as theres a favour that I want to ask of my two aunts as well as of my eldest cousin.