我就要那女孩。”老鸨看小男孩非常坚持，而且又有钱支付，所以告诉他去左边的第一间屋子。

Since the little boy was so adamant and had the money to pay for it, the Madam told him to go to the first room on the right.

也许她只是下楼去安慰她的老鸨，我有一种感觉，一件不寻常的事情正在发生，这将是我在晨报上读到的那类戏剧性轶事。

Perhaps she was just going downstairs to quiet her maquereau. I had a feeling that something unusual was happening, some sort of drama which I would read about in the morning paper.

梨花不得不以礼相答，虽然她痛恨莲花这个过去自己的老鸨。梨花站起身来候着，将一支点燃的蜡烛在棺材上方移来移去。

Pear Blossom must return a courteous word, and so she did, although she hated Lotus who had been her old mistress, and she rose and waited, moving a candle here or there as it burned about the coffin.