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I am going to wear it at the last little Shrub's christening, this afternoon. It is just in time." When David and Diana were singled out by night for the particular attention of a burglar, Aunt Cecilia wrote to sympathize and said, "I am so thankful, dearest, David did not meet the poor, misguided man!" May we all be judged as tenderly!
An embarrassed glance askance comforted him measurably: the lady had thrown an exquisite negligee over her nightdress and had thrust her pretty feet into extravagantly pretty silken mules. "Now," said she tersely, "we'll comb the premises for this burglar of yours: and if we don't find him" her lips tightened, her brows clouded ominously "I promise you an interesting time of it!"
And an expression both of fear and annoyance crossed her face. "You poor children, so I am your ghost and your burglar," she declared, "and I believed it was you who were having nightmares! I am awfully sorry. Betty knows I used to have this unfortunate habit of strolling about the house in my sleep long ago. But I am quite sure that I have not done it for several years now.
It couldn't be a burglar, certainly not a burglar, for he was smoking and he strolled lightly. Beryl's heart leapt; it seemed to turn right over, and then to stop. She recognized him. "Good evening, Miss Beryl," said the voice softly. "Good evening." "Won't you come for a little walk?" it drawled. Come for a walk at that time of night! "I couldn't. Everybody's in bed. Everybody's asleep."
At the recent Eugenics Congress in London one of the speakers expressed a preference for the son of a husky burglar over the son of a tuberculous bishop. This is doubtless quite correct, but why should the bishop be tuberculous? The truth of the matter is, the reverse is more likely to be the case. Personally, I should prefer to be the offspring of a husky bishop.
'I can't take those cats away. 'Lor' lumme! exclaimed the man; 'if 'ere ain't another on 'em. Are you real, miss, or something I'll wake up from presently? 'I am quite real, said Jane, relieved to find that a lisp was not needed to make the burglar understand her. 'And so, she added, 'are the cats. 'Then send for the police, send for the police, and I'll go quiet.
There is no other way of making a complete search; and in one night there by myself I could do far more than in a twelvemonths' visits as at present. There are two or three more things I wish you would procure for me. I want a man's coat and cap, rough ones, such as a burglar might wear.
I endeavoured, from the facts in my possession, to construct the personality of the mysterious burglar, and failed utterly; nor was I more successful in my endeavour to guess at the nature of the stolen property; and it was not until the following morning, when we had set out on our quest and were approaching Limehouse, that Thorndyke would revert to the subject.
Such gifts accumulated in the oracle at Delphi and to an immense amount, and to the great emolument of Brennus, a matter of fact Gaulish commander, who, at his invasion of Greece, coolly carried off all the bullion, without any regard to the screeches of the Pythoness, and with no more scruples than any burglar.
But all was quiet as death itself. No midnight burglar had violated the sanctity of Lady Maulevrier's apartment. The soft, steady light of the night-lamp shone on the face of the sleeper. Yes, all was quiet in the room, but not in that sleeper's soul.
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