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红楼梦Chapter12

How many like you can there be! rejoined lady Feng with a sarcastic smile; in ten， not one even could be picked out!

When Chia Jui heard these words， he felt in such high glee that he rubbed his ears and smoothed his cheeks. My sister-in-law， he continued， you must of course be extremely lonely day after day.

Indeed I am， observed lady Feng， and I only wish some one would come and have a chat with me to break my dull monotony.

I daily have ample leisure， Chia Jui ventured with a simper， and wouldnt it be well if I came every day to dispel your dulness， sister-in-law?

You are simply fooling me， exclaimed lady Feng laughing. It isnt likely you would wish to come over here to me?

If in your presence， sister-in-law， I utter a single word of falsehood， may the thunder from heaven blast me! protested Chia Jui. Its only because I had all along heard people say that you were a dreadful person， and that you cannot condone even the slightest shortcoming committed in your presence， that I was induced to keep back by fear; but after seeing you， on this occasion， so chatty， so full of fun and most considerate to others， how can I not come? were it to be the cause of my death， I would be even willing to come!

Youre really a clever person， lady Feng observed sarcastically. And oh so much superior to both Chia Jung and his brother! Handsome as their presence was to look at， I imagined their minds to be full of intelligence， but who would have thought that they would， after all， be a couple of stupid worms， without the least notion of human affection!