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"Shall I find out?" he asked. "Would it be troubling you? He is so excited that I dare say he has forgotten all about me." Which was precisely what he had done. Brooks found him the centre of an animated little group, with a freshly-lit cigar in his mouth, and every appearance of having settled down to spend the night. He was almost annoyed when Brooks reminded him of his niece.
The next moment his white and alarmed face reappeared, avoiding the body lying prone, as his eyes peered here and there till they fell upon the freshly-lit cigar he had dropped from his lips; for a faint streak of smoke rose from where it lay, and betrayed its presence.
"Good-night." Boylan put his soul in it. He loved the Russians. It was far this side of midnight, but he smelled the dawn. Back in his own quarters, as he yawned largely at the flickering shadows of the freshly-lit candle, he noted Peter's saddle bags on the floor, and considered that it might be well to get them over to-night.
Da Souza lifted him up and conveyed him carefully to a four-wheel cab. An hour afterwards Da Souza, with a grin of content upon his unshapely mouth, exchanged his frock coat for a gaudy smoking-jacket, and, with a freshly-lit cigar in his mouth, took up the letters which had arrived by the evening post. Seeing amongst them one with an African stamp he tore it open hastily, and read:
Cables as to his progress had already been sent back to London. Apart from any other result, Trent knew that he had saved the Syndicate a fortune by his journey here. The light of the moon grew stronger the country lay stretched out before him like a map. With folded arms and a freshly-lit pipe Trent leaned with his back against the tree and fixed eyes.
Machin feverishly poked the freshly-lit fire and then, pretending to have urgent business elsewhere, left the room. "Here are some particulars of a house in Manchester Square," said Mr. Prohack. "Please read them." Miss Warburton complied. "It seems really very nice," said she. "Very nice indeed." "Does it? Now listen to me.
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