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An Eastern Novel.
lanthorns : it was surrounded with domestics who earned liVhterl ¦ torches , and a crowd of musicians who were to play on flutes and haut-boys . All these attendants were placed in the ' street without playing on their music , or making the least noise ; the ' merchant had advanced a little forward , and knocked softly at the door , but finding it half open he enter'd the house with lighted flambeaux . When
Yang appeared the merchant seeing her in a mournin ^ head-dress , which was the signal agreed upon , and being likewise charmed with her air and features , he laid hold of her as a ' hungry hawk seizes a little helpless bird : his followers ran-to his assistance , and shut the lad y up in the chair which was there read y to receive her ; in vain she cry'dont are deceivedit is not me seek for
, you , you ; the noise of the instruments was soon heard , which drown'd her voice , while the chairmen that carried her , rather flew than waik'd to transport her to the bark . While this was acting Ouang , who had received assistance from the care of her sister-in-law , was come to her self and had recovered her senses ; the great noise that she heard at the door renewed her fearsand filled her with dreadfu
, l inquietudes ; but when she perceived the noise of the trumpets and the confusion of voices and musical instruments go still farther and farther off , she began to , grow bolder , and in about half a quarter of an hour ventured to < rp and see what was the matter . ° After she had palled her sister-in-law several times to no purpose , she ind that the merchant
imag' had made a mistake , and had taken her away though he came for another , but she was fearful of some troublesome incident in return , when Liu-pao should be informed of the mistake . She then shut herself up in her chamber , where she collected her scattered jewels and other parts of her head-dress that were left , and entertain'd thoughts of taking a little rest , but she could not close her eyes during the whole ni ght .
Early in the morning she rose up , and while she was seeking her mourning head-dress to put it on , she heard a noise at the door of one knocking very hard , crying out , open the door ; it was no body else but Liu-pao , whose voice she was well acquainted with . She was not long in resolving what to do , but let him knock without answering : he swore , cursed and bawled till he grew hoarse ; at last went to the door
Ouang , and standing behind , without opening it , who is diat that knocks , said she , and who is it that makes such a noise ? Liu-pao , who distinguished very well the voice of his sister-in-law , " was immediately seized with a strange dread , especially when she refused to open the door ; sister-in-law , said he , I have good news to tell you , Liu-tchin our younger brother is returnedand eldest
, our brother enjoys a perfect health ; open quickly . At these words , concerning the return of Liu-tchin , Ouang ran to take the black head-dress that Yang had left , but in vain did site expect to see her dear Liu-tchin , for there was no body but Liu-pao who entered immediatel y her room , but not seeing his wife there , and moreover observing a black head-dress on her sister-in-law ' s head , his suspicions were straiigelyrenewed . At length he cried out ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
An Eastern Novel.
lanthorns : it was surrounded with domestics who earned liVhterl ¦ torches , and a crowd of musicians who were to play on flutes and haut-boys . All these attendants were placed in the ' street without playing on their music , or making the least noise ; the ' merchant had advanced a little forward , and knocked softly at the door , but finding it half open he enter'd the house with lighted flambeaux . When
Yang appeared the merchant seeing her in a mournin ^ head-dress , which was the signal agreed upon , and being likewise charmed with her air and features , he laid hold of her as a ' hungry hawk seizes a little helpless bird : his followers ran-to his assistance , and shut the lad y up in the chair which was there read y to receive her ; in vain she cry'dont are deceivedit is not me seek for
, you , you ; the noise of the instruments was soon heard , which drown'd her voice , while the chairmen that carried her , rather flew than waik'd to transport her to the bark . While this was acting Ouang , who had received assistance from the care of her sister-in-law , was come to her self and had recovered her senses ; the great noise that she heard at the door renewed her fearsand filled her with dreadfu
, l inquietudes ; but when she perceived the noise of the trumpets and the confusion of voices and musical instruments go still farther and farther off , she began to , grow bolder , and in about half a quarter of an hour ventured to < rp and see what was the matter . ° After she had palled her sister-in-law several times to no purpose , she ind that the merchant
imag' had made a mistake , and had taken her away though he came for another , but she was fearful of some troublesome incident in return , when Liu-pao should be informed of the mistake . She then shut herself up in her chamber , where she collected her scattered jewels and other parts of her head-dress that were left , and entertain'd thoughts of taking a little rest , but she could not close her eyes during the whole ni ght .
Early in the morning she rose up , and while she was seeking her mourning head-dress to put it on , she heard a noise at the door of one knocking very hard , crying out , open the door ; it was no body else but Liu-pao , whose voice she was well acquainted with . She was not long in resolving what to do , but let him knock without answering : he swore , cursed and bawled till he grew hoarse ; at last went to the door
Ouang , and standing behind , without opening it , who is diat that knocks , said she , and who is it that makes such a noise ? Liu-pao , who distinguished very well the voice of his sister-in-law , " was immediately seized with a strange dread , especially when she refused to open the door ; sister-in-law , said he , I have good news to tell you , Liu-tchin our younger brother is returnedand eldest
, our brother enjoys a perfect health ; open quickly . At these words , concerning the return of Liu-tchin , Ouang ran to take the black head-dress that Yang had left , but in vain did site expect to see her dear Liu-tchin , for there was no body but Liu-pao who entered immediatel y her room , but not seeing his wife there , and moreover observing a black head-dress on her sister-in-law ' s head , his suspicions were straiigelyrenewed . At length he cried out ,