Mulan went home with Mannia before going to her own house.

Mannia's parents were pleased to see her but it somewhat frightened Mr. Tseng that she looked so fresh and young and he had misgivings whether he should let a young widowed daughter-in-law be seen so much in public. For Mannia had continued to grow up after she became a widow at eighteen, and was now tall and more beautiful than before. Mulan also frightened him a little because she seemed to have grown, too, with that subtle transformation that nature brings to a girl of her age. Her face and cheeks were a little rounder, her eyebrows and eyelashes darker, and her eyes were a little brighter, while the journey outdoors had heightened the natural glow of her complexion. He wondered whether he would have the luck to have such a daughter-in-law, and also what would be the fate of a woman too distinguished in beauty and talent.

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