红楼梦Chapter12_小升初阅读_小升初-查字典英语网

红楼梦Chapter12

Seeing， on this unexpected occasion， that he had not come home the whole night， he simply felt positive， in his own mind， that he was certain to have run about， if not drinking， at least gambling， and dissipating in houses of the demi-monde up to the small hours; but he never even gave so much as a thought to the possibility of a public scandal， as that in which he was involved. The consequence was that during the whole length of the night he boiled with wrath.

Chia Jui himself， on the other hand， was (in such a state of trepidation) that he could wipe the perspiration (off his face) by handfuls; and he felt constrained on his return home， to have recourse to deceitful excuses， simply explaining that he had been at his eldest maternal uncles house， and that when it got dark， they kept him to spend the night there.

Hitherto， remonstrated Tai-ju， when about to go out of doors， you never ventured to go， on your own hook， without first telling me about it， and how is it that yesterday you surreptitiously left the house? for this offence alone you deserve a beating， and how much more for the lie imposed upon me.

Into such a violent fit of anger did he consequently fly that laying hands on him， he pulled him over and administered to him thirty or forty blows with a cane. Nor would he allow him to have anything to eat， but bade him remain on his knees in the court conning essays; impressing on his mind that he would not let him off， before he had made up for the last ten days lessons.