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She was dressed in black, and black did not suit her, and all the wisdom of your old philosophers must fail to solace a woman who knows that she is not looking her best. Her worldly belongings were contained in a split-cane grip and the wraith of a cabin-trunk, whose substance had belonged to her father; her available capital was stuffed in a small leather purse.
There were dainty feminine trifles littered in the big armchair, and a motor-coat hung upon the hook of the bathroom door. A small cabin-trunk in one corner of the room bore the initials: "M. L." Max dropped back into the incredible library with a stifled gasp. "Pardieu!" he said. "It is Mrs. Leroux that I have found!"
From the centre window an excellent view might be obtained of Reuben struggling with the cabin-trunk, which the placid taxi-driver had unstrapped and lowered on to the janitor's shoulders without vacating his seat. "I hope he won't break the clock," said Flamby, sotto voce. She turned as Don went up to a little table at which a round old lady, the only occupant of the room, was seated writing.
The porter whom he had hailed, a morbid spirit who might suitably have posed for Coleridge's Ancient Mariner, approached regretfully. "'Ow many?" he inquired. "Got the ticket?" He did not disguise his hopes that it might prove to be lost, but they were shattered when the luggage ticket was produced from Flamby's black glove, and in due course the antique cabin-trunk made its appearance.
The bare limbs and body were of a dusky yellow colour, and, at sight of him, I experienced a sudden nausea. My pistol was in my cabin-trunk, and to have found it in the dark, without making a good deal of noise, would have been impossible.
Then, growing weary of inaction, she slipped from her bed and began to dress. Her cabin-trunk had been placed in a corner of the bare room. She found her key and opened it. Guy's photograph the photograph she had cherished for five years lay on the top.
The bare limbs and body were of a dusky yellow color, and, at sight of him, I experienced a sudden nausea. My pistol was in my cabin-trunk, and to have found it in the dark, without making a good deal of noise, would have been impossible.
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