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Qing -> The Scholars -> In which a monk invited to say masses is involved in a lawsuit, and a country gentleman out to raise money runs into trouble -> 5

:“穿Soon the food was ready. He Mei-zhi carried out the dishes and his wife the wine. The abbot sat at the head of the table, Mrs. He at the foot and He at the side to pour out wine. As they ate, the abbot told them how in a few days' time he was going to Mr. Fan's house to say masses for the old lady's soul. “I knew Mr. Fan's mother when I was a child,” said Mrs. He. “She was an old dear. But his wife—the daughter of Butcher Hu of the south end of this village—with her dingy hair and red-rimmed eyes was a regular slattern. She never wore proper shoes, just shuffled about in straw sandals all summer. Yet now she will wear furs and be a fine lady.
Fancy that!


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