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Still, Valerie, though always nicely dressed, affected the simplicity of a subordinate official's wife; she kept her luxury for her dressing-gowns, her home wear. She thus sacrificed her Parisian vanity to her dear Hector. At the theatre, however, she always appeared in a pretty bonnet and a dress of extreme elegance; and the Baron took her in a carriage to a private box.
The denunciator turned upon Frowenfeld his most royal frown, and retorted with a question which still grows wild in Louisiana: "What" he seemed to shake his mane "what has he not done, sir?" and then he withdrew his frown slowly, as if to add, "You'll be careful next time how you cast doubt upon a public official's guilt." The marquis's cavalcade came briskly jingling by.
The official's voice was charged with threatening as he went on. "And some one, man or woman, is going to pay for it!" "Woman?" Demarest repeated, in some astonishment. Burke's voice came merciless. "I mean, Mary Turner," he said slowly. Demarest was shocked. "But, Burke," he expostulated, "she's not that sort." The Inspector sneered openly. "How do you know she ain't?" he demanded.
Next morning some of the newspapers contained, under various headings, the following paragraphs: "Monsieur le Baron Hulot d'Ervy has applied for his retiring pension. The unsatisfactory state of the Algerian exchequer, which has come out in consequence of the death and disappearance of two employes, has had some share in this distinguished official's decision.
Your own and young Perley's testimony after that will swing him higher than a spy was ever swung before." These words, begun in a low tone, were made clearer and louder by the sudden cessation of chatter among the visiting group. Jones, who seemed to have come to his grating when the suppressed laughter sounded in the dark corridor, heard every word of the official's speech.
I promised to jump from the Tower of Ivan the Great, provided I married Olimpiáda Samsónovna; should I jump? USTÍNYA NAÚMOVNA. Do you think I won't have the law on you? Much I care that you're a merchant of the second guild; I'm in the fourteenth class myself, and even if that ain't much, I'm an official's wife all the same.
"Summon the coroner," he directed. "We cannot move the body until he comes." His curt tone brought the official's wits back with a jump and he made for the exit, only to be stopped at the threshold by a sandy-haired man just entering the room. At the word coroner, Rochester raised himself from his bent attitude and brushed his hand across his eyes.
If you don't believe me, pray look back through the reports and you will find it all there. I don't recollect the official's name, but it ought to have been Pooh-Bah.
He knew, moreover, that the High Official himself was scarcely likely to dismiss a previous visitor or a present occupation any the earlier for being importuned; for he was aware of the official's antecedents, and knew that a Jack-in-office, who has shouted himself into office, is nearly always careful to be deaf to other voices than his own. Moreover, Mr. John Turner was never pressed for time.
He seemed very well satisfied indeed, and his reckless spirit warmed as he progressed in his peregrinations. Then, too, he "dined" the sheriff of the county at the only restaurant worth while. He spent more than two hours in this man's company, and his wine bill was in due proportion to the hardy official's almost unlimited capacity for liquid refreshment.
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