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红楼梦Chapter15

This is the first time we meet， he observed. Our meeting was so unexpected that I have no suitable congratulatory present to offer you. This was conferred upon me by His Majesty， and is a string of chaplet-pearls， scented with Ling Ling， which will serve as a temporary token of respectful congratulations.

Pao-yue hastened to receive it from his hands， and turning round， he reverently presented it to Chia Chen. Chia Chen and Pao-yue jointly returned thanks; and forthwith Chia She， Chia Chen and the rest came forward in a body， and requested the Prince to turn his chair homewards.

the departed， expostulated Shih Jung， has already ascended the spiritual regions， and is no more a mortal being in this dusty world exposed to vicissitude like you and I. Although a mean prince like me has been the recipient of the favour of the Emperor， and has undeservedly been called to the princely inheritance， how could I presume to go before the spiritual hearse and return home?

Chia She and the others， perceiving how persistent he was in his refusal had no course but to take their leave， express their sense of gratitude and to rejoin the cortege. They issued orders to their servants to stop the band， and to hush the music， and making the procession go by， they at length left the way clear for Shih Jung to prosecute his way.

But we will now leave him and resume our account of the funeral of the Ning mansion. All along its course the road was plunged in unusual commotion. As soon as they reached the city gates Chia She， Chia Cheng， Chia Chen， and the others again received donations from all their fellow officers and subordinates， in sacrificial sheds erected by their respective families， and after they returned thanks to one after another， they eventually issued from the city walls， and proceeded eventually along the highway， in the direction of the Temple of the Iron Fence.