The aunt told her the old man had indeed been to see her, around the twelfth day of the first month. He had come to thank her and tell her that he was thinking of going on a pleasure jaunt to Tianjin or Shanghai.

• 姑妈说四爷确是到她家来过一趟，大概是正月十二那天吧，一来是给她道谢，二来为告诉她，他打算上天津，或上海，玩玩去。