红楼梦Chapter12_小升初阅读_小升初-查字典英语网

红楼梦Chapter12

ll come， Ill come， yea Ill come， were I even to die! protested Chia Jui.

You should first at this very moment get away! lady Feng having suggested， Chia Jui， who felt sanguine that when evening came， success would for a certainty crown his visit， took at once his departure in anticipation (of his pleasure.)

During this interval lady Feng hastily set to work to dispose of her resources， and to add to her stratagems， and she laid a trap for her victim; while Chia Jui， on the other hand， was until the shades of darkness fell， a prey to incessant expectation.

As luck would have it a relative of his happened to likewise come on that very night to their house and to only leave after he had dinner with them， and at an hour of the day when the lamps had already been lit; but he had still to wait until his grandfather had retired to rest before he could， at length with precipitate step， betake himself into the Jung mansion.

Straightway he came into the rooms in the narrow passage， and waited with as much trepidation as if he had been an ant in a hot pan. He however waited and waited， but he saw no one arrive; he listened but not even the sound of a voice reached his ear. His heart was full of intense fear， and he could not restrain giving way to surmises and suspicion. May it not be， he thought， that she is not coming again; and that I may have once more to freeze for another whole night?