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She replenished the card-case from the "Miss Adams" box; then, having found a pair of fresh white gloves, she tucked an ivory-topped Malacca walking-stick under her arm and set forth. She went down the stairs, buttoning her gloves and still wearing the frown with which she had put "Alys" finally out of her life.
"She is well, but tired this evening, and has gone to bed. She wished to be remembered to you." As he spoke, he half turned his head to where Ruth sat in a corner, a little removed. "Why do you sit back there, Ruth?" She arose, and seeing no other convenient seat at hand, drew up the curious ivory-topped chair.
His Cossack uniform with ivory-topped cartridge-cases intensifies the length of his body and of his face. He has all the medals there are, but only wears two, a Vladimir Cross at the centre of his collar, like a brooch, and a Georgian on his chest. His head is long, and his cheeks seem to curve inwards from his temples.
So that there is an impression among my friends that there is hardly a town in Europe but has had its legacy from me. And this I owe to my stick. My last is of ebony, ivory-topped. Even though I should spend another fortnight abroad I could not take this stick with me. It is not a stick for the country; its heart is in Piccadilly. Perhaps it might thrive in Paris if it could stand the sea voyage.
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