Some one was standing beside him. Why hadn't he gone on with the girl's
story? What instinct had stuffed it back into his throat? Why the inexplicable
impulse to hurry this rather pathetic derelict on his way?
CHAPTER XV
Previous to his illness, Spurlock's mind had been tortured by an appalling worry,
so that now, in the process of convalescence, it might be compared to a pool
which had been violently stirred: there were indications of subsidence, but there
were still strange forms swirling on the surface—whims and fancies which in
normal times would never have risen above sub-consciousness. "
Many wrinkles appeared at the corners of Ah Cum's slant eyes—as if the sun
hurt—but the rest of his face remained as passive as a graven Buddha's. What he did not know was
this: Ruth surrendered these little secrets because the doctor had warned her that
the patient must be amused and interested. ’
‘Like this?’
‘Parfait. ‘Housebreaking, Hilary? I take the matter of housebreaking
very seriously, I’ll have you know. "You were no doubt surprised by the unlooked-for
intelligence I sent you of your nephew's return?"
"Was it unlooked-for on your part?" demanded the knight, distrustfully. Behind them stalked Blueskin, enveloped in a
rough great-coat, called—appropriately enough in this instance,—a wrap-rascal. “My God!”
and ceased to move.
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