having no money on hand at the moment, he gave his felt hat as security and furthermore agreed to the five articles, which follow:
1. On the following day, a pair of candles, weighing one catty each, and a bundle of incense sticks are to be delivered to the Chao household as an apology.
2. Ah Q is to pay for the expenses, which the Chao household will incur by inviting a Taoist priest to exorcise the evil he has caused.
3. Ah Q is never to set foot on the Chao threshold.
4. If, in the future, anything extraordinary happens to Amah Wu, there is only Ah Q to answer for it.
5. Ah Q will not be permitted to obtain his wages and clothes.
Ah Q naturally agreed to the demands, but it was regrettable that he had no money. Fortunately, in the spring weather he could do without his cotton quilt, which he surrendered, along with a pledge of two thousand coppers, when he agreed to the foregoing stipulations. After he had
