红楼梦Chapter12_小升初阅读_小升初-查字典英语网

红楼梦Chapter12

While he reflected in this manner， he readily looked into the face of the mirror， wherein he caught sight of lady Feng standing， nodding her head and beckoning to him. With one gush of joy， Chia Jui felt himself， in a vague and mysterious manner， transported into the mirror， where he held an affectionate tete-a-tete with lady Feng. Lady Feng escorted him out again. On his return to bed， he gave vent to an exclamation of Ai yah! and opening his eyes， he turned the glass over once more; but still， as hitherto， stood the skeleton in the back part.

Chia Jui had， it is true， experienced all the pleasant sensations of a tete-a-tete， but his heart nevertheless did not feel gratified; so that he again turned the front round， and gazed at lady Feng， as she still waved her hand and beckoned to him to go. Once more entering the mirror， he went on in the same way for three or four times， until this occasion， when just as he was about to issue from the mirror， he espied two persons come up to him， who made him fast with chains round the neck， and hauled him away. Chia Jui shouted. Let me take the mirror and Ill come along. But only this remark could he utter， for it was forthwith beyond his power to say one word more. The servants， who stood by in attendance， saw him at first still holding the glass in his hand and looking in， and then， when it fell from his grasp， open his eyes again to pick it up， but when at length the mirror dropped， and he at once ceased to move， they in a body came forward to ascertain what had happened to him. He had already breathed his last. The lower part of his body was icy-cold; his clothes moist from profuse perspiration. With all promptitude they changed him there and then， and carried him to another bed.