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In a short while , they reached the interior of the temple , where additional sacrifices were offered and Buddhistic services performed ; and where altars had again been erected to burn incense on . The coffin was deposited in a side room of the inner court ; and Pao Chu got ready a bed-room in which she could keep her watch . In the outer apartments , Chia Chen did the honours among the whole party of relatives and friends , some of whom asked to be allowed to stay for their meals , while others at this stage took their leave . And after they had one by one returned thanks , the dukes , marquises , earls , viscounts and barons , each in respective batches , -LRB- got up to go , -RRB- and they kept on leaving from between 1 and 3 p.m. before they had finally all dispersed . In the inner Chambers , the ladies were solely entertained and attended to by lady Feng . First to make a move were the consorts of officials ; and noon had also come , by the time the whole party of them had taken their departure . Those that remained were simply a few relatives of the same clan and others like them , who eventually left after the completion of the three days ' rationalistic liturgies .