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Ezra P. Hipps took a cigar from his waistcoat pocket and chewed it reflectively, his eyes never leaving the girl's face. "Women are queer ships," he said, "and never too even on the keel. You've an important hand to play and kind of to keep your mind from revoking here's a proposition to think over." "Revoking?" "That's the word.
And at this point Ezra P. Hipps showed himself a man of action. "Guess what you won't give we'll have to take. Keys?" "Take 'em by all means," said Richard, fishing the bunch from his pocket. "Tell me if you find anything." "It will save a lot of troubles to you if we find something," murmured Van Diest.
"No, it doesn't. I'll go up if you want me to only " "Get on with it." "I can't help thinking it's a mistake. Can't help thinking that somehow that minute I spend with him every day strengthens rather than breaks him down." "Guess you're right it would me," Hipps agreed. There was a shade of gallantry in the tone. "I take leave to doubt that," said Laurence.
At nine o'clock that night the Dutchman's big Rolls Royce delivered him and Ezra Hipps at Laurence's abode and Laurence himself came out to meet them. "Well?" said Hipps. But Laurence shook his head. "Nothing doing at present." "Has he had any food?" "Not today. He's weak enough in all conscience." "Sleep?" "Damn little.
"Mention that fact 'cos I know they fall for molasses." "You're very wise about women, Mr. Hipps." But the irony was wasted. "I read a bit of heart stuff in the trains sometimes," he said. Auriole began to draw on her gloves. "Isn't this rather a queer place to settle one's future?" she said. "Donno is it? Struck me it 'ud keep you from side-stepping having me on the horizon." "I see.
Richard removed his thumb and said, "Go to Hell!" very distinctly. Hipps walked a few paces toward him and remarked: "Still pretty fresh, I see." "Leaking badly, but still afloat," came the reply. "Durn me! but you're a sound citizen, Bud. I respect sand but I despise a fool." "All right you do," mumbled Richard sleepily. "Pretty tired?"
Lastly came leaping upon us a burdash, in a rough mantle stuck with myrtle, girt about him; and one while almost ground our hipps to powder with his bobbing at us, and other while slobber'd us with his nasty kisses; till Quartilla, holding her staff of office in her hand, discharg'd us of the service; but not without having first taken an oath of us, that so dreadful a secret should go no further than our selves.
It was sheer lunacy on the part of Richard to peep through his fingers to judge the effect of his words. For it is an established truth that the nerves of a man's back are sensitive to another's gaze. Ezra Hipps swung round so quickly that Richard failed to cover his face in time. The mischief was done. "Very clever," said the American and laughed.
"I sat up in bed and worked out details for the flotation of the Radium Company in which I have an interest." Hipps looked at Van Diest, shook his head and tapped his brow. "Sure it's the heat," he said. "There ain't going to be any flotation that I've heard of." "Think not? It would be a pity if you gentlemen gave way to overmuch expression of optimism.
"There's a lobster Americaine that was in Hipps' honour. But perhaps you don't care for shellfish, Barraclough." "No, no, thank you. Prefer a Spartan diet. Glass of water and a piece of bread." "Bread? Yes. I hope the baker remembered to call. Be awkward if Well, come along, Chief, no good letting things get cold." They passed out of the room and the bolt slammed home.
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