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Not a shrub of Madam's had been cut or injured; but the King, you see, would count it 1,500 pounds of damage done, and here is acknowledgment for it, which please accept. Is not that a gracious little touch?
But we always get the money when the foreigner gets the bonds. That is a lie. Here is some sample evidence of it. When our parasite hears of another large jewel reaching London from the African mines, he says he must have it for madam's tiara, and taking a small matter of $500,000 or so of securities, he goes over, and when we next see him the securities are gone. But has he money in their place?
A mailed arm, rising out of a heart, clasped a spear in its hand, and under it ran the motto, "I keep tryst." But Madam's conversation led far away from the crest and its lesson. At first it was about a quaint old English inn, where is served delicious toasted scones with five o'clock tea.
"He will be here before long now," said Van Helsing, who had been consulting his pocketbook. "Nota bene, in Madam's telegram he went south from Carfax. That means he went to cross the river, and he could only do so at slack of tide, which should be something before one o'clock. That he went south has a meaning for us.
As the three stood there chatting, a servant came quietly to Madam's side and whispered in her jeweled ear. "Certainly," she answered, "Tell them to come in." Then turning, she stepped to a table and rapping with her fan to attract attention, cried, "The Salvation Army people want to hold a prayer meeting here, what do you say?"
No matter in how small a duty, she has never once failed to keep the tryst." Lloyd would have liked to ask some questions about Madam's girlhood, but some one called Miss Gilmer into the office just then, so, taking the tray with its empty cup and plate, she passed out. Lloyd thumped her pillows and lay looking out of the window at the sparrows on the balcony railing.
And I wish you'd notice how she is talking," Mary continued in amazement. "Did you ever see more animation? She's making up for lost time." "Oh, that's Evelyn Berkeley," answered Betty. "She is English; a distant relative of Madam's with such an interesting history. The year I finished school she came in the middle of the spring term, such a sad-looking creature all in black.
"Well I've spent some of it." "How much?" "I don't know that I remember exactly." Madam's lip curled. "Perhaps I can stimulate your memory," she said, running her fingers through a bunch of canceled checks. "Here is the check I gave you, indorsed to Rose Martel." Eleanor flushed crimson. The imputation of untruthfulness was one to which she was particularly sensitive.
There's no morning paper to chronicle the tragedies in the bird world; and it would be too pitiful reading if there were. The most curious thing about the whole performance was the behavior of the chestnut-sided. His manner was as unruffled as Madam's was excited.
"Indeed, an't please your majesty," said she, "I took no more than two shifts of madam's, and I pawned them for five shillings, which I gave for the gown that's upon my back; and as for the money in my pocket, it is every farthing of it my own. I am sure I intended to carry back the shifts too as soon as ever I could get money to take them out."
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