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Article AN EASTERN NOVEL. ← Page 2 of 5 →
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An Eastern Novel.
word to her , nor hearken to what she says , but take her about the middle , force her into the chair , and conduct her to your bark as soon as you can . This expedient pleased the merchant , and the execution of the projectseemed easy . In the mean time Liu-pao returned home , and that his sister-inlaw might have , no suspicion of his design he took no notice of any thing while she was b but as soon as she withdrawn
y ; was he made his wife a confident of the project , and toid her of the trick he was going to play ; it is necessary , said he , that this two-legg'd merchandise should be taken away this ni ght , of which 1 have not the least reason to doubt : however , I -am not willing to be present at the transaction , so that I will be absent for some time ; but it is necessary that you should know that as soon as niht there will
gappears come a considerable crowd to our door , and will take her away in a chair . He was going to proceed when he was suddenly stopt by the noise that he had heard : it was his sister-in-law that passed near the window of the room , at which Liu-pao went hastily out at another door , insomuch that- he had not time to add the circumstance of the
mourning head-dress : it was doubtless by the particular direction of Heaven that this circumstance was omitted . ¦ Otiang readily perceived that the noise she made at the window had obliged Liu-pao to break off his discourse abruptly : the tone of his voice plainly shewed that he had still something more to saybut she had heard hfor finding bhis air when he
, enoug , y enter'd the room that he had some secret to communicate to his wife , she pretended to withdraw , and listening secretly at the window heard these . words distinctly , they will carry her off , they will put her in a cbair .
These words greatly strengthened her suspicions , when entering the room , and going to Yang-sang , she declared her uneasines ' s to her ; sister-m-law , said she to her , you behold an unfortunate widow who is bound to you by the strongest ties of the most sincere friendship , and therefore by this very friendshi p I conjure you to acknowledge freely whether your husband persists in his former desi
gn or no , in forcing me to a marriage which will prove rny utter ruin ? . . At these words Yang appeared in confusion and blushed , but recovering herself soon after ; why should you have such thoughts , sister , said she to her , and why do such strange fancies disturb your mind ? if there was a design of a second marriage , do you think there would be
any great difficulty in the matter ? but , alas ! to what purpose should a person throw himself into the water before the bark is going to be cast away ? When Ouang heard the proverb of the bark she understood better the sense of the private discourse of her brother-in-law : she immediately gave herself up to complaints and tears , and quite overwhelmed with grief shut herself up in her room , where she wept , sighed , and lamented . What a wretch am I , said she ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
An Eastern Novel.
word to her , nor hearken to what she says , but take her about the middle , force her into the chair , and conduct her to your bark as soon as you can . This expedient pleased the merchant , and the execution of the projectseemed easy . In the mean time Liu-pao returned home , and that his sister-inlaw might have , no suspicion of his design he took no notice of any thing while she was b but as soon as she withdrawn
y ; was he made his wife a confident of the project , and toid her of the trick he was going to play ; it is necessary , said he , that this two-legg'd merchandise should be taken away this ni ght , of which 1 have not the least reason to doubt : however , I -am not willing to be present at the transaction , so that I will be absent for some time ; but it is necessary that you should know that as soon as niht there will
gappears come a considerable crowd to our door , and will take her away in a chair . He was going to proceed when he was suddenly stopt by the noise that he had heard : it was his sister-in-law that passed near the window of the room , at which Liu-pao went hastily out at another door , insomuch that- he had not time to add the circumstance of the
mourning head-dress : it was doubtless by the particular direction of Heaven that this circumstance was omitted . ¦ Otiang readily perceived that the noise she made at the window had obliged Liu-pao to break off his discourse abruptly : the tone of his voice plainly shewed that he had still something more to saybut she had heard hfor finding bhis air when he
, enoug , y enter'd the room that he had some secret to communicate to his wife , she pretended to withdraw , and listening secretly at the window heard these . words distinctly , they will carry her off , they will put her in a cbair .
These words greatly strengthened her suspicions , when entering the room , and going to Yang-sang , she declared her uneasines ' s to her ; sister-m-law , said she to her , you behold an unfortunate widow who is bound to you by the strongest ties of the most sincere friendship , and therefore by this very friendshi p I conjure you to acknowledge freely whether your husband persists in his former desi
gn or no , in forcing me to a marriage which will prove rny utter ruin ? . . At these words Yang appeared in confusion and blushed , but recovering herself soon after ; why should you have such thoughts , sister , said she to her , and why do such strange fancies disturb your mind ? if there was a design of a second marriage , do you think there would be
any great difficulty in the matter ? but , alas ! to what purpose should a person throw himself into the water before the bark is going to be cast away ? When Ouang heard the proverb of the bark she understood better the sense of the private discourse of her brother-in-law : she immediately gave herself up to complaints and tears , and quite overwhelmed with grief shut herself up in her room , where she wept , sighed , and lamented . What a wretch am I , said she ,