Lai Wangs wife served the tea; and when she had finished rinsing her mouth, lady Feng got up; and, taking leave of all the members of the clan, she walked all alone into the ante-chamber, where she ascertained, in the order of their names, the number of the servants of every denomination in there. They were all found to be present, with the exception of one, who had failed to appear, whose duties consisted in receiving and escorting the relatives and visitors. Orders were promptly given to summon him, and the man appeared in a dreadful fright. What! exclaimed lady Feng, as she forced a smile, is it you who have been remiss? Is it because youre more respectable than they that you dont choose to listen to my words?
Your servant, he pleaded, has come at an early hour every day; and its only to-day that I come late by one step; and I entreat your ladyship to forgive this my first offence.
While yet he spoke, she perceived the wife of Wang Hsing, of the Jung Kuo mansion, come forward and pop her head in to see what was going on; but lady Feng did not let this man go, but went on to inquire of Wang Hsings wife what she had come for.
Wang Hsings wife drew near. ve come, she explained, to get an order, so as to obtain some thread to make tassels for the carriages and chairs. Saying this, she produced the permit and handed it up, whereupon lady Feng directed Tsai Ming to read the contents aloud. For two large, sedan chairs, he said, four small sedan chairs and four carriages, are needed in all so many large and small tassels, each tassel requiring so many catties of beads and thread.
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