他假托生病缺勤。

The ostensible reason for his absence was illness.

他假托喉痛不到校上课。

He used his sore throat as a pretext for not going to shool.

第二天早晨，我假托拿鼻烟壶又去访问，我们又兴冲冲地接着前一天的话谈下去。

The next morning I called for the snuff-box, when we resumed, quite eagerly, the conversation of the preceding day.

本文对它们的真伪问题重加考辨，认为判定它们为后人拟作或假托的证据都不能成立。

This essay makes a careful study of the authenticity of the two works and finds no evidence which can prove that they were not written by Li Ling.