In the midst of her polite perplexity , Uncle Mac saw the two young people gazing wistfully at one another , and seemed to enjoy the joke of this making acquaintance under difficulties . Taking a box from his table , he gave it to Fun See , with an order that seemed to please him very much . Descending from his perch , he fell to unpacking it with great neatness and despatch , while Rose watched him , wondering what was going to happen . Presently , out from the wrappings came a teapot , which caused her to clasp her hands with delight , for it was made in the likeness of a plump little Chinaman . His hat was the cover , his queue the handle , and his pipe the nose . It stood upon feet in shoes turned up at the toes , and the smile on the fat , sleepy face was so like that on Fun 's when he displayed the teapot , that Rose could n't help laughing , which pleased him much . Two pretty cups with covers , and a fine scarlet tray completed the set , and made one long to have a `` dish of tea , '' even in Chinese style , without cream or sugar . When he had arranged them on a little table before her , Fun signified in pantomime that they were hers , from her uncle . She returned her thanks in the same way , whereupon he returned to his tea-chest , and , having no other means of communication , they sat smiling and nodding at one another in an absurd sort of way till a new idea seemed to strike Fun . Tumbling off his seat , he waddled away as fast as his petticoats permitted , leaving Rose hoping that he had not gone to get a roasted rat , a stewed puppy , or any other foreign mess which civility would oblige her to eat . While she waited for her funny new friend , she improved her mind in a way that would have charmed Aunt Jane . The gentlemen were talking over all sorts of things , and she listened attentively , storing up much of what she heard , for she had an excellent memory , and longed to distinguish herself by being able to produce some useful information when reproached with her ignorance . She was just trying to impress upon her mind that Amoy was two hundred and eighty miles from Hong Kong , when Fun came scuffling back , bearing what she thought was a small sword , till he unfurled an immense fan , and presented it with a string of Chinese compliments , the meaning of which would have amused her even more than the sound , if she could have understood it . She had never seen such an astonishing fan , and at once became absorbed in examining it . Of course , there was no perspective whatever , which only gave it a peculiar charm to Rose , for in one place a lovely lady , with blue knitting-needles in her hair , sat directly upon the spire of a stately pagoda . In another charming view a brook appeared to flow in at the front door of a stout gentleman 's house , and out at his chimney . In a third a zig-zag wall went up into the sky like a flash of lightning , and a bird with two tails was apparently brooding over a fisherman whose boat was just going aground upon the moon . It was altogether a fascinating thing , and she would have sat wafting it to and fro all the afternoon , to Fun 's great satisfaction , if Dr. Alec 's attention had not suddenly been called to her by a breeze from the big fan that blew his hair into his eyes , and reminded him that they must go . So the pretty china was repacked , Rose furled her fan , and with several parcels of choice teas for the old ladies stowed away in Dr. Alec 's pockets , they took their leave , after Fun had saluted them with `` the three bendings and the nine knockings , '' as they salute the Emperor , or `` Son of Heaven , '' at home . `` I feel as if I had really been to China , and I 'm sure I look so , '' said Rose , as they glided out of the shadow of the `` Rajah . ''
She certainly did , for Mr. Whang Lo had given her a XXXXX umbrella ; Uncle Alec had got some lanterns to light up her balcony ; the great fan lay in her lap , and the tea-set reposed at her feet .
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