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CHAPTER 49
Red flowers bloom brighter in dazzling snow
And venison reeks strangely on rosebud lips
WHEN Caltrop saw the cousins talking and laughing about her，she came forward，smiling herself，and handed the poem she was carrying to Dai-yu．
‘See what you think of this one，’she said．‘If this one is all tight，I shall go on learning；if it’s still no good，I shall just have to give up the whole idea．’
The others clustered round Dai-yu to look．This is what they read：
Ethereal splendour no cloud can blot out！
Chaste lovely presence of the cold night sky！
From a white world the washer’s dull thud sounds，
Till in the last watch cocks begin to cry，
While，by a fisherman’s sad flute entranced，
A lady leans out from her casement high；
And you，White Goddess，lulled in sweet delight，
Wish every night could be a fifteenth night．
There were exclamations from all of them when they had finished reading it．
‘But this is not just“all right”，’they said，‘this is a good and highly original poem．It shows the truth of the proverb：“Nothing is too difficult for one who has a mind to do it．”We shall definitely be inviting you now to join our poetry club．’
Caltrop，supposing that they were only saying this to humour her，could not quite believe them and continued to press Dai-yu and Bao-chai for the truth．
Just at that moment a number of maids and old serving women came hurrying towards them in a state of great ex-citement：
‘Mrs Zhu！Young ladies！Come and meet you relations！A whole lot of young ladies and other people we’ve never seen before have just arrived．’
Li Wan laughed．
‘What are you talkin．8 about？Whose relations have just arrived？’
There are two young cousins of yours，Mrs Zhu，’they said，‘and there’s a young lady who says she’s Miss Bao’s cousin，and a young gentleman that’s cousin to Mr Xue．We’re on our way now to fetch Mrs Xue．Why don’t you and the young ladies go on ahead and meet them？’
They hurried off to complete their mission．
‘It sounds as if my cousin Xue Ke and his sister must have c
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