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Ephrinell did not get out. Here was I striding along the platform of a very poorly lighted station. A dozen travelers had already left the train. Five or six Georgians were crowding on the steps of the compartments. Ten minutes at Elisabethpol; the time-table allowed us no more.
Before replying, Miss Bluett turns to Ephrinell, and says: "It is understood that Holmes-Holme will have twenty-five per cent. of the profits of our partnership." "Fifteen," said Ephrinell, "only fifteen." "That is not fair, for I agree to thirty per cent, from Strong, Bulbul & Co." "Well, let us say twenty per cent., Miss Bluett." "Be it so, Mr. Ephrinell."
At least unless he has been taking a rise out of me, for he does not seem to be "green," as they say in his country, which means to say that he does not look very much like an idiot, this Ephrinell! And yet it seems that I must gradually have fallen sound asleep. Withdrawn from exterior influences, I did not even hear the stentorian respiration of the Yankee.
Ephrinell, as may be supposed, has been everywhere and even farther, as he observes. He knows both Americas and almost all Europe. But this is the first time he has set foot in Asia. He talks and talks, and always jerks in Wait a bit, with inexhaustible loquacity. Has the Hunson the same properties as the Garonne? I listen to him for two hours.
"And do they only speak Chinese?" "Probably; I have not heard them speak any other language together." On this information from Popof, I will keep to the number nine I have given to young Pan-Chao, and to the ten with which I have labelled Doctor Tio-King. "The American," began Popof. "Ephrinell?" I exclaimed, "and Miss Horatia Bluett, the Englishwoman? Oh!
Ephrinell, sitting side by side, hardly exchanged a word. Their intimacy seems to have decreased since they were married. Perhaps they are absorbed in the calculation of their reciprocal interests, which are not yet perfectly amalgamated. Ah! they do not count by moons and watches, these Anglo-Saxons! They are practical, too practical! We have had a bad night.
Beyond lay the interminable plains of Chinese Turkestan, the immense sandy desert of Gobi, where the monotony of the journey will begin again. It is half-past ten. Breakfast will soon be served in the dining car. Let us take a walk through the length of the train. Where is Ephrinell?
You can tell me nothing about them I don't know." "Shall I tell you what I think about that couple, Monsieur Bombarnac?" "What do you think?" "That as soon as they reach Pekin, Miss Bluett will become Mrs. Ephrinell." "And may Heaven bless their union, Popof, for they are really made for each other." I saw that on this subject Popof and I held similar ideas.
Ephrinell has also been out on business, for a deal in hair probably. Here they come, and without seeming to notice one another they take their seats. The other passengers are only Celestials. Some are going to Pekin; some have taken their tickets for intermediate stations like Si-Ngan, Ho Nan. Lou-Ngan, Tai-Youan. There are a hundred passengers in the train. All my numbers are on board.
"The object of stealing the imperial treasure," said Ephrinell. "Do you forget that those millions would be a temptation to scoundrels? Was it not for the purpose of robbing the train that we were attacked between Tchertchen and Tcharkalyk?" The American could not have been nearer the truth. "And so," said Popof, "after Ki-Tsang's attempt, you think that other bandits "
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