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She wondered what he had thought of her absence.... She could imagine the Evershams dolefully deploring her rashness, yet not without a totally unconscious tinge of proper relish at its prompt punishment. They were such dismal old dears! They would complain they must have made her the talk of the hotel by now. Robert Falconer would enjoy that!
"I'll admit he had me worried until I heard from the Evershams that you were all O.K. You see what bally nonsense you put into young men's heads," he added with a look of meaning. "He's a very chivalrous young man," said Arlee. "He's a very unbalanced young idiot," contradicted Falconer. "I rather like the chap, himself, you know; he has nerve to spare but no ballast.
Arlee had appeared on mystifyingly good terms with him, though he was positive from his own observations, and had corroboration from the Evershams, that she had never spoken to him until five minutes before. Then the fellow had fairly grilled the Evershams about the girl's whereabouts last night.
"The Evershams had been very old friends of a rich aunt of mine, who never, by the by, had condescended to notice me till I made their acquaintance; but no sooner had I done so, than she sent for me, and gave me to understand that in the event of my succeeding to the hand of Fanny Eversham, I should be her heir, and the possessor of about sixty thousand pounds.
"They're having the vicar or is it the rector? to tea. They asked him this morning before your message came," Arlee explained. She did not explain that the vicar, or the rector, had imagined, in accepting, that she, too, was to be of that tea party on the boat and was even now inquiring zealously of her of the Evershams. "Here's Mr. Hill," said Lady Claire.
But if you get to Luxor you'll be all right. You can go to the hotel and to-morrow night the Evershams' boat will get in about seven in the evening." "Did you say my trunks were sent to Cook's?" He repeated the story of the telegram to the Evershams. Over the arrival of the boy with money for her hotel bill she wrinkled her brows in perplexity.
"The Evershams had been very old friends of a rich aunt of mine, who never, by the by, had condescended to notice me till I made their acquaintance; but no sooner had I done so, than she sent for me, and gave me to understand that in the event of my succeeding to the hand of Fanny Eversham, I should be her heir, and the possessor of about sixty thousand pounds.
"And Hill got you out?" "Yes.... He got me out." "But the Evershams they don't know ?" "No, no, I've told no one. I'm not going to tell anyone. No one knows of it but you and me and Billy Hill." "That's right." He drew another long breath, this time in sharp relief. The color was coming back to his face, splotching it unevenly. "You mustn't tell anyone.
"My sister will do everything " "Of course I can't stay here," broke in Arlee in her clear, positive young tones. "I must get back to the Evershams and we are going up the Nile to-morrow morning. Can you get a message to that doctor at once? And have someone go and telephone from the next house to the consul and ambassador and I'll write them notes, too." Her voice broke suddenly.
Unhappily he became aware that the room appeared blackened with young men in evening clothes, staring ominously his way. Squarely he stood in front of the girl. "I think this is the encore to our dance," he told her with a little smile. She shook her pretty head laughingly at him and then yielded to his clasping hands. "But we must dance back to the Evershams," she demurred.
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