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the servant boys promptly stopped her interference； but Pao-yue himself desisted， as he added： "It's because I hadn't seen one before that I came to try it for fun."
"You people can't do it，" rejoined the lass， "let me turn it for you to see."
Ch'in Chung secretly pulled Pao-yue and remarked， "It's GREat fun in this village！" but Pao-yue gave him a nudge and observed， "If you talk nonsense again， I'll beat you." Watching intently， as he uttered these words， the village girl who started reeling the thread， and presented， in very truth， a pretty sight. But suddenly an old woman from the other side gave a shout. "My girl Secunda， come over at once；" and the lass discarded the spinning-wheel and hastily went on her way.
Pao-yue was the while feeling disappointed and unhappy， when he espied a servant， whom lady Feng had sent， come and call them both in. Lady Feng had washed her hands and changed her costume； and asked him whether he would change or not， and Pao-yue， having replied "No！ it doesn't matter after all if I don't change，" the female attendants served tea， cakes and fruits and also poured the scented tea. Lady Feng and the others drank their tea， and waiting until they had put the various articles by， and made all the preparations， they promptly started to get into their carriages. Outside， Wang Erh had got ready tips and gave them to the people of the farm， and the farm women and all the inmates went up to them to express their gratitude； but when Pao-yue came to look carefully， he failed to see anything of the lass who had reeled the thread. But they had not gone far before they caught sight of this girl Secunda coming along with a small child in her arms， who， they concluded， was her young brother， laughing and chatting， in company with a few young girls.
Pao-yue could not suppress the voice of love， but being seated in the carriage， he was compelled to satisfy himself by following her with his eyes. Soon however the vehicle sped on as rapidly as a cloud impelled by the wind， so that when he turned his head round， there was already no vestige to be seen of her； but， while they were bandying words， they had unexpectedly overtaken the GREat concourse of the cortege.
Likewise， at an early stage men were stationed ahead， with Buddhist drums and gold cymbals， with streamers， and jewelled coverings； and the whole company of bonzes， belonging to the Iron Fence Temple， had already been drawn out in a line by the sides of the road. In a short while， they reached the interior of the temple， where additional sacrifices were offered and Buddhistic services performed； and where altars had again been erected to burn incense on. The coffin was deposited in a side room of the inner court； and Pao Chu got ready a bed-room in which she could keep her watch.
In the outer apartments， Chia Chen did the honours among the whole party of relatives and friends， some of whom asked to be allowed to stay for their meals， while others at this stage took their leave. And after they had one by one returned thanks， the dukes， marquises， earls， viscounts and barons， each in respective batches， （got up to go，） and they kept on leaving from between 1 and 3 p.m. before they had finally all dispersed.
In the inner Chambers， the ladies were solely entertained and attended to by lady Feng. First to make a move were the consorts of officials； and noon had also come， by the time the whole party of them had taken their departure. Those that remained were simply a few relatives of the same clan and others like them， who eventually left after the completion of the three days' rationalistic liturgies.
the two ladies Hsing and Wang， well aware at this time that lady Feng could on no account return home， desired to enter the city at once； and madame Wang wanted to take Pao-yue home； but Pao-yue， who had， on an unexpected occasion， come out into the country， entertained， of course， no wish to go back； and he would aGREe to nothing else than to stay behind with lady Feng， so that madame Wang had no alternative but to hand him over to her charge and to start.
This Temple of the Iron Fence had， in fact， been erected in days gone by， at the expense of the two dukes Ning and Jung； and there still remained up to these days， acres of land， from which were derived the funds for incense and lights for such occasions， on which the coffins of any members， old or young， （who died） in the capital， had to be deposited in this temple； and the inner and outer houses， in this compound were all kept in readiness and good order， for the accommodation of those who formed part of the cortege.
