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He heard the clap of hands close behind him; and a door opened within twelve inches of the spot whereat he stood. He tottered out into the matting-lined corridor from which he had started upon that nightmare journey; Ho-Pin appeared at his elbow, but no door appeared behind Ho-Pin! "This is your wroom," said the Chinaman, revealing his yellow teeth in a mirthless smile.
Ho-Pin, dressed in a perfectly fitting morning coat and its usual accompaniments, received him with a mirthless smile. "Good mowrning!" he said; "I twrust your bwreakfast was satisfactowry?" "Quite, sir," replied Soames, mechanically, and as he might have replied to Mr. Leroux. "Said will show you to a wroom," continued Ho-Pin, "where you will find a gentleman awaiting you.
You will valet him and perfowrm any other services which he may wrequire of you. When he departs, you will clean the wroom and adjoining bath-wroom, and put it into thowrough order for an incoming tenant. In short, your duties in this wrespect will be identical to those which formerly you perfowrmed at sea. There is one important diffewrence: your name is Lucas, and you will answer no questions."
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