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In the vehemence of her feelings， Hua (Hsi Jen) on a quiet evening admonishes Pao-yue. While (the spell) of affection continues unbroken， Pao-yue， on a still day， perceives the fragrance emitted from Tai-yues person. the Chia consort， we must now go on to explain， returned to the Palace， and the next day， on her appearance in the presence of His Majesty， she thanked him for his bounty and gave him furthermore an account of her experiences on her visit home. His Majestys dragon countenance was much elated， and he also issued from the privy store coloured satins， gold and silver and such like articles to be presented to Chia Cheng and the other officials in the various households of her relatives. But dispensing with minute details about them， we will now revert to the two mansions of Jung and Ning. With the extreme strain on mind and body for successive days， the strength of one and all was， in point of fact， worn out and their respective energies exhausted. And it was besides after they had been putting by the various decorations and articles of use for two or three days， that they， at length， got through the work. Lady Feng was the one who had most to do， and whose responsibilities were GREatest. The others could possibly steal a few leisure moments and retire to rest， while she was the sole person who could not slip away. In the second place， naturally anxious as she was to excel and both to fall in peoples estimation， she put up with the strain just as if she were like one of those who had nothing to attend to. But the one who had the least to do and had the most leisure was Pao-yue. | 
