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Sir Francis Trevellyan, of Trevellyan Hall, took matters very coolly, but Ephrinell abandoned himself to true Yankee fury, being no less irritated at the interruption to his marriage as to the danger run by his forty-two packages of artificial teeth. And in short, the band of robbers met with a much more serious resistance than they expected. And Baron Weissschnitzerdörfer?
That done, I can see if I can pick up anything worth reporting. Nothing is more simple. It consists in opening an account with those of my companions with whom I may have to do during the journey. That is my custom, I always find it answers, and while waiting for the unknown, I write down the known in my pocketbook, with a number to distinguish each: 1. Fulk Ephrinell, American. 2.
A quarter to nine. No one has yet seen the happy couple. Miss Bluett is in one of the toilet cabinets in the first van, where she is probably preparing herself. Fulk Ephrinell is perhaps struggling with his cravat and giving a last polish to his portable jewelry. I am not anxious. We shall see them as soon as the bell rings.
I had time to lay in a few provisions at the bar. For whom they were intended you can imagine. The passengers we picked up were only Chinese, men and women. There were only a few for the first class, and these only went short journeys. We had not started a quarter of an hour when Ephrinell, with the sferious manner of a merchant intent on some business, came up to me on the gangway.
The fact is that Fulk Ephrinell, on the one part, and Horatia Bluett, on the other part, seemed to have forgotten that had it not been for the attack of Ki-Tsang and his band they would now have been united in the gentle bonds of matrimony. But we were all too tired.
The dining-room is forward. I went down to it, and found it already occupied by some forty people. Ephrinell had installed himself nearly in the middle. There was a vacant seat near him; he beckoned to me to occupy it, and I hastened to take possession. Was it by chance? I know not; but the Englishwoman was seated on Ephrinell's left and talking to him. He introduced me.
Is it not a happy chance and a rare one to meet with French people away from France? Just as I am walking up to them, Ephrinell appears, drags me away, and I leave the couple behind. It is only a postponement. I will meet them again on the steamboat and make their acquaintance on the voyage. "Well," said I to the Yankee, "how are you getting on with your cargo?"
Then, turning, she said: "I have no time to wait, Mr. Ephrinell." "Nor have I, Mrs. Ephrinell," replied the Yankee. Mr.! Mrs.! And not so long ago they were calling each other Fulk and Horatia. And then, without taking each other's arm, they walked out of the station. I believe he turned to the right and she to the left; but that is their affair.
The message expected by the governor has arrived; the order to forward on the van to Pekin, where the treasure is to be handed over to the finance minister. Where is Faruskiar? I do not see him. Has he given us the slip? No! There he is on one of the platforms, and the Mongols are back in the car. Ephrinell has been off to do a round of calls with his samples, no doubt and Mrs.
Nos. 1 and 2, Fulk Ephrinell and Miss Horatia Bluett: not being able to agree regarding the various items stipulated in their matrimonial contract, they were divorced three days after their arrival in Pekin. Things were as though the marriage had never been celebrated on the Grand Transasiatic, and Miss Horatia Bluett remained Miss Horatia Bluett.
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