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Updated: May 13, 2025
Madame found the waiting time very tedious, but I am sure that her pulse did not quicken by a beat. She has a wonderful nerve. At one o'clock, when the hotel was very quiet, and the boot-cleaner had made his round of collection, Madame heard the handle of her door move and the door itself push slowly open.
The boot-white called out, "Shine!" and the word, unpronounceable by the native, entered a himene as tina. Within a week he had his Tahitian consort doing the shining most of the time while he loafed in the Paris saloon. He lived at the Annexe, and told me that he was not really a boot-cleaner, but was going around the world on a wager of twenty thousand dollars, "without a cent."
He chose a time when he knew she was at home, and knocked and went in without much ceremony; for though Harriet was so high and mighty, Jack had small respect for her aunt, Mrs. Palmley, whose little child had been his boot-cleaner in earlier days. Harriet was in the room, this being the first time they had met since she had jilted him. He asked for his letters with a stern and bitter look at her.
Ward has intimated his willingness to contribute a large number of Latin lines written by members of his class; while Mr. Sam Jones, the boot-cleaner, has offered to place his talented brush at our disposal, and produce a grand New-Year's Illustrated Supplement, entitled, 'Christmas in the Coal-Hole. Gentlemen, I fear I am trespassing on your time and good nature. Mr.
'Ask number twenty-two, vether he'll have 'em now, or vait till he gets 'em, was the reply. 'Come, don't be a fool, Sam, said the girl coaxingly, 'the gentleman wants his boots directly. 'Well, you ARE a nice young 'ooman for a musical party, you are, said the boot-cleaner. 'Look at these here boots eleven pair o' boots; and one shoe as belongs to number six, with the wooden leg.
Marie, the house is full; shut the door and lock it." The order was obeyed. "Now," went on the commanding voice from the bed, using French for the effective shutting out of the English boot-cleaner and night porter, "if you men will turn your backs, and Marie will hand me my dressing-gown, I will prepare myself for the examination of Monsieur le Capitaine Rouille.
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