noon
Hsi Jen had just finished the necessary change in her dress so she stepped in ; and a young servant-girl , Chiao Hui , crossed over and picked up the broken fans . Then they all sat and enjoyed the cool breeze . But we can well dispense with launching into any minute details . On the morrow , noon found Madame Wang , Hsüeh Pao-ch ` ai , Lin Tai-yü , and the rest of the young ladies congregated in dowager lady Chia 's suite of rooms . Some one then brought the news that : `` Miss Shih had arrived . '' In a little time they perceived Shih Hsiang-yun make her appearance in the court , at the head of a bevy of waiting-maids and married women . Pao-ch ` ai , Tai-yu and her other cousins , quickly ran down the steps to meet her and exchange greetings .