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红楼梦Chapter9

This Chia Se was handsome as far as external appearances went， and intelligent withal in his inward natural gifts， but， though he nominally came to school， it was simply however as a mere blind; for he treated， as he had ever done， as legitimate occupations， such things as cock fighting， dog-racing and visiting places of easy virtue. And as， above， he had Chia Chen to spoil him by over-indulgence; and below， there was Chia Jung to stand by him， who of the clan could consequently presume to run counter to him?

Seeing that he was on the closest terms of friendship with Chia Jung， how could he reconcile himself to the harsh treatment which he now saw Chin Chung receive from some persons? Being now bent upon pushing himself forward to revenge the injustice， he was， for the time， giving himself up to communing with his own heart. Chin Jung， Chia Jui and the rest are， he pondered， friends of uncle Hsueeh， but I too am on friendly terms with him， and he with me， and if I do come forward and they tell old Hsueeh， wont we impair the harmony which exists between us? and if I dont concern myself， such idle tales make， when spoken， every one feel uncomfortable; and why shouldnt I now devise some means to hold them in check， so as to stop their mouths， and prevent any loss of face!

Having concluded this train of thought， he also pretended that he had to go out， and， walking as far as the back， he， with low voice， called to his side Ming Yen， the page attending upon Pao-yue in his studies， and in one way and another， he made use of several remarks to egg him on.