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They no longer were interested in the island of Japat, except as a reminiscence, nor were they concerned in the vagaries of Taswell Skaggs's will. The estate was settled closed! Mr. Saunders was mentioned nowadays only in narrative form, and but rarely in that way.
Bowles, now being among what he called the lower classes, surreptitiously removed the tight-fitting red jacket, and proceeded to give the inquisitive lawyer's clerk all the late news of the island. The inhabitants of Japat, standing upon their rights as part owners of the mines and as prospective heirs to the entire fortune of Messrs.
There was no sign of love in the glittering eyes of these trafficked women of Japat. One by one they lifted their veils to their eyes and slowly faded into the side streets, each seeking the home she despised, each filled with a hatred for the man who would not feast upon her beauty. The man, all unconscious of the new force that was to oppose him from that hour, saw the English people go aboard.
It mattered little whether they went away rich or poor; they were to go! Go! That was the richest thing the future held out to them more precious than the wealth for which they stayed. Whatever was being done for them in London and Boston, it was no recompense for the weariness of heart and soul that they had found in the green island of Japat.
He was quite ready to feel very sorry for pretty Mrs. Browne. Browne, of course, revealed no present symptom of surrender to the charms of his co-legatee. Later on, he was to recall this bit of calculation and to enlarge upon it from divers points of view. Just now he was enjoying himself for the first time since his arrival in Japat.
"Sir, we, the people of Japat, will take you at your word. We ask you to appear against the prisoner and give evidence in support of your charge. He shall be placed on trial to-morrow morning at ten o'clock. On my honour as a man and a Believer, I assure safety to you while you are among us on that occasion.
It is only necessary to add that the beautiful island of Japat, standing like an emerald in the sapphire waters of the Orient, brought millions in money to the two men who had been unlucky in love.
He saw the way out of the difficulty and he acted as pathfinder to the other and less perceiving counsellors, all of whom had looked forward to an endless controversy. The business of the Japat Company and all that it entailed was transferred by agreement to a syndicate of Jews! Never before was there such a stupendous deal in futures.
"On what grounds?" laughed Browne. "Give me time," said the lawyer. "It's barely possible that there is no divorce law in Japat," remarked Britt, keenly enjoying his confrère's misery. "Are you quite sure?" "Reasonably. If there was such a law, I'll bet my head two-thirds of the men in Aratat would be getting rid of wives before night." Britt, after this remark, sat very still and thoughtful.
Perhaps there may have been a few more wife murders than necessary, but, if one assumes to call wife murder a crime, he must be reminded that the natives of Japat were fatalists. In contradiction to this belief, however, it is related that one night a wife took it upon herself to reverse the lever of destiny: she slew her husband.
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