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Updated: June 29, 2025
They considered the Chinese restaurant, the Plaza, Lotta's fountain, the Mechanics' Library, and even the cathedral over in the Mexican quarter, but arrived at no decision. "Did you ever hear of Luna's restaurant?" said Condy. "By Jove, it's just the place!
When I came back Jason was pointing to the balance, a terrible sight for my poor master. "A h! Hold your hand!" cries my master. "Where in the wide world am I to find hundreds, let alone thousands?" "There's but one way," says Jason. "Sure, can't you sell, though at a loss? Sure, you can sell, and I've a purchaser ready for you." "Have you so?" says Sir Condy.
"As good as dead, I hear," says Judy; "but there's Thady here has just learnt the whole truth of the story as I had it, and it is fitter he or any body else should be telling it you than I, Sir Condy: I must be going home to the childer."
But Travis, this girl of nineteen, who was not yet even a debutante, had been fresh and unspoiled, had been new and strong and young. "Of course, you may call it what you like. He was nothing more nor less than intoxicated yes, drunk." "Hah! who what wh what are you talking about?" gasped Condy sitting bolt upright. "Jack Carter," answered Travis.
'My Lady Rackrent! says Sir Condy, in a surprise; 'why it's but two days since we parted, as you very well know, Thady, in her full health and spirits, and she, and her maid along with her, going to Mount Juliet's Town on her jaunting-car. 'She'll never ride no more on her jaunting-car, said Judy, 'for it has been the death of her, sure enough. And is she dead then? says his honour.
On that particular Monday evening Blix and Condy arrived at Luna's some fifteen minutes before seven. Condy had lost himself and all sense of direction in the strange streets of the quarter, and they were on the very brink of despair when Blix discovered the sign upon an opposite corner. As Condy had foretold, they had the place to themselves.
Condy saw again a brief vision of the street, and Blix upon the corner waiting to cross; then it was the gay, brisk confusion of the water-front, the old mate's cabin aboard the whaleback, Chinatown, and a loop of vermilion cloth over a gallery rail, the golden balcony, the glint of the Stevenson ship upon the green Plaza, Blix playing the banjo, the delightful and picturesque confusion of the deserted Chinese restaurant; Blix again, turning her head for him to fasten her veil, holding the ends with her white-kid fingers; Blix once more, walking at his side with her trim black skirt, her round little turban hat, her yellow hair, and her small dark, dancing eyes.
Carter will have told his side of the story and invented another dirty little lie, and I'm the one who suffers the most in the end. And remember, Condy, that I haven't any mother in such an affair, not even an older sister. No, we'll just let the matter drop. It would be more dignified, anyhow. Only I have made up my mind what I am going to do." "What's that?" "I'm not coming out.
Isabella's maid reported, her young mistress was fallen over head and ears in love with Sir Condy, from the first time that ever her brother brought him into the house to dinner: the servant who waited that day behind my master's chair was the first who knew it, as he says; though it's hard to believe him, for he did not tell it till a great while afterwards; but, however, it's likely enough, as the thing turned out, that he was not far out of the way; for towards the middle of dinner, as he says, they were talking of stage-plays, having a playhouse, and being great play-actors at Mount Juliet's town; and Miss Isabella turns short to my master, and says, "Have you seen the play-bill, Sir Condy?"
He was sober enough to think he had been insulted; and what do you suppose he did?" "What? what?" exclaimed Condy, breathless, leaning toward her. "Went about the halls and dressing-rooms circulating some dirty little lie about Laurie. Actually trying to to" Travis hesitated "to make a scandal about her." Condy bounded in his seat. "Beast, cad, swine!" he exclaimed.
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