Chou Juis wife likewise promptly returned the smile.
How is my young lady? she inquired, as she sat down on the edge of the couch. I havent seen you come over on the other side for two or three days! Has Mr. Pao-yue perhaps given you offence?
What an idea! exclaimed Pao Chai, with a smile. Its simply that Ive had for the last couple of days my old complaint again, and that Ive in consequence kept quiet all this time, and looked after myself.
Is that it? asked Chou Jui but after all, what rooted kind of complaint are you subject to, miss? you should lose really no time in sending for a doctor to diagnose it, and give you something to make you all right. With your tender years, to have an organic ailment is indeed no trifle!
Pao Chai laughed when she heard these remarks.
Pray, she said, dont allude to this again; for this ailment of mine Ive seen, I cant tell you, how many doctors; taken no end of medicine and spent I dont know how much money; but the more we did so, not the least little bit of relief did I see. Lucky enough, we eventually came across a bald-pated bonze, whose speciality was the cure of nameless illnesses. We therefore sent for him to see me, and he said that I had brought this along with me from the womb as a sort of inflammatory virus, that luckily I had a constitution strong and hale so that it didnt matter; and that it would be of no avail if I took pills or any medicines. He then told me a prescription from abroad, and gave me also a packet of a certain powder as a preparative, with a peculiar smell and strange flavour. He advised me, whenever my complaint broke out, to take a pill, which would be sure to put me right again. And this has, after all, strange to say, done me a GREat deal of good.
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