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Beside the green blotting-pad in front of him was a pile of papers. These would either be disposed of in the course of the day or, if any waited on the morrow's decision, would be taken away by Peter Mortimer overnight.
He was silent for a minute or two. Then, with his great-hearted smile: "You and Barbara are one," said he. Presently, after a little desultory talk, he took a folded paper from his pocket and shook it out before me. I recognized the top sheet of the blotting-pad on which Adrian had written thrice: "God: A Novel: By Adrian Boldero."
As she proceeded a deep furrow appeared between the Chief's bushy eyebrows and he stared absently at the blotting-pad in front of him. When the girl had finished her story, the Chief said: "Lambelet ought to hear this, sir: he's the head of the French Intelligence, you know. He's outside now. Shall we have him in?
"Do you think there really exists such a man as you have drawn a man who could be as tender, as unselfish, as faithful as your hero?" Saint Hubert looked away, and, picking up his pen, stabbed idly at the blotting-pad, drawing meaningless circles and dots, with a slow shrug. The scorn in her voice and the sudden pain in her eyes hurt him.
These the footman had neatly laid beside the blotting-pad on that little writing-table at the foot of the bed. I regretted that the notepaper stacked there had no ducal coronet on it. What matter? The address sufficed. If I hadn't yet made a good impression on the people who were staying here, I could at any rate make one on the people who weren't. I sat down. I set to work.
Susan Foley was in the basement, either clearing up tea or preparing supper. Miss Ingate, putting her pen between her teeth and looking up from a blotting-pad, said to Audrey across the table: "Are you writing to Musa?" "Certainly not!" said Audrey, with fire. "Why should I write to Musa?" She added: "But you can write to him, if you like." "Oh! Can I?" observed Miss Ingate, grinning.
Do you understand?" he snarled, thrusting his nose into her face, as she bent over him to hold the blotting-pad. "That's all you'll get out of me." He filled in the figure two below, and straggling noughts for the cents. Then, he paused and addressed her again, emphasizing his remarks with the end of the penholder. "I'll have you understand that this is the last of your borrowing and begging.
She was sitting behind her screen this morning, scribbling idly on the blotting-pad, for there had been a lull in the business, when the door opened, and the polite, 'Bonjour, monsieur, of M. Gandinot announced the arrival of another unfortunate. And then, shaking her like an electric shock, came a voice that she knew the pleasant voice of Mr Vince.
However, I can find no trace here. I rejoice, however, to perceive that he wrote with a broad-pointed quill pen, and I can hardly doubt that we will find some impression upon this blotting-pad. Ah, yes, surely this is the very thing!" He tore off a strip of the blotting-paper and turned towards us the following hieroglyphic: GRAPHIC Cyril Overton was much excited. "Hold it to the glass!" he cried.
It seemed curious that this exceedingly rich man was bursting to confide his domestic troubles to a perfect stranger. I glanced around the handsome, well-furnished room. Upon the writing-table lay a number of letters, and upon the red blotting-pad was a big wad of Treasury notes, under an elastic band, cast aside heedlessly, as rich men often do.
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