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Then, as he leaned over and took Adrienne's hand, he added: "The Goops send you their welcome." His smile was unchanged, but the girl noted that his hair had again grown long. Finally, as the sun was setting, they reached a roadside cabin, and the mountaineer said briefly to the other men: "You fellows ride on. I want Drennie to stop with me a moment. We'll join you later." Lescott nodded.
She laughed, and fell into nonsense quotation, as she thrummed lightly on the table-cloth with her slim fingers. "'The goops they lick their fingers, "'The goops eat with their knives, "'They spill their broth on the table-cloth, "'And lead disgusting lives."
Got right up and left his guests, his bride and everybody standing there like a lot of goops. His bride, mind you. I'm dead sure that so-called stroke of his was all a bluff. He just put one over on us, that's all. Wasn't any more sick than I am. Didn't you hear about the stroke? Stroke of luck, I'd call it. And say, what do you think he gave me as a little acknowledgment for my services? Look!
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