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Chia Yuan-chun is， on account of her talents， selected to enter the Feng Tsao Palace. Chin Ching-ching departs， in the prime of life， by the yellow spring road. But we must now return to the two lads， Chin Chung and Pao-yue. After they had passed， along with lady Feng from the Temple of the Iron Fence， whither she had gone to see how things were getting on， they entered the city in their carriages. On their arrival at home， they paid their obeisance to dowager lady Chia， madame Wang and the other members of the family， whence they returned to their own quarters， where nothing worth mentioning transpired during the night. On the next day， Pao-yue perceiving that the repairs to the outer schoolroom had been completed， settled with Chin Chung that they should have evening classes. But as it happened that Chin Chung， who was naturally of an extremely delicate physique， caught somewhat of a chill in the country and clandestinely indulged， besides， in an intimacy with Chih Neng， which unavoidably made him fail to take good care of himself， he was， shortly after his return， troubled with a cough and a feverish cold， with nausea for drink and food， and fell into such an extremely poor state of health that he simply kept indoors and nursed himself， and was not in a fit condition to go to school. Pao-yues spirits were readily damped， but as there was likewise no remedy he had no other course than to wait until his complete recovery， before he could make any arrangements. | 
