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The Enemy, who had drunk but little, took an arm of each and piloted them sturdily through the town. "I'd walk up to the château if I were you," he said, when they clamoured for a jinriksha apiece. "It will help pass away the time." "By Jove," said Saunders, hunting for the Enemy's hand. "I'm going to 'nform L-Lord Deppingham that he's 'nsufferable ass an' an' I don't care who knows it."
Twice a week, Miss Pelham came down from the château in a gaily bedecked jinriksha to sit opposite to him in his stuffy corner of the banking house, his desk between them, her notebook trembling with propinquity. Mr. Britt generously loaned the pert lady to the Enemy in exchange for what he catalogued as "happy days."
They found the gate of the Widow of Shanghai's garden stretched wide open; a jinriksha was about to pass into the street. A Japanese lady in a rich costume was the occupant. She exchanged one swift glance with Billie and quickly looked the other way. Billie started slightly. She felt uncomfortable. It seemed to her that she had been looking straight into the eyes of Mme. Fontaine.
Were they all going to be cut to pieces or was only the "Comet" to be sacrificed in revenge for the accident? The Motor Maids exchanged frightened glances. "If I only knew six words in Japanese," thought Billie. "Make honorable quickness to descend, gracious lady. Come, come," Komatsu urged. "To jinriksha. Leave red devil-wagon. This place no good for staying in."
It was an embarrassment to undress before him. We drove to the market, using the Japanese jinriksha our first acquaintanceship with it. It is a light cart, with a native to draw it. He makes good speed for half-an-hour, but it is hard work for him; he is too slight for it.
In a jinriksha drawn by one man, while two others ran in front to clear the way of imaginary obstacles, since there were no real ones, sat a magnificent person clad in full Japanese regalia. He wore a robe of dark rich colors, but the girls could not see his face, which was hidden by a parasol. "I think Nankipooh has come to call," whispered Billie, as the vehicle drew near.
"The little maids are as timid as wild things." "But every servant in the house is in the dining room, I tell you. I saw them as I went down the hall, and I counted them just for fun. There were the four little maids and Onoye and O'Haru and Komatsu and the three jinriksha men and the three old grandmothers and the gardener. There aren't any others."
If you have one in your kitchen, you never know whether he's a jinriksha man, a college student, or a vice-admiral." "You will let me go with you?" Orme was trembling for the answer. He was still in the dark, and did not know how far she would feel that she could accept his aid. "I may need you, Mr. Orme," she said simply.
At this moment from the midst of the crowd there came a strange shrill cry and a distracted looking woman began beating and fighting her way toward the group. "Honorable mother come in big hurry," said Komatsu, in a low voice. "Gracious lady, take jinriksha. Honorable quickness best now." "But the child isn't injured, Komatsu. Look, he's opened his eyes and he's going to sit up.
"They frighten me," said Mary. "They give me evil forebodings." The "Comet" was accordingly left at the garage to be repaired, and the girls were well on their way home in a jinriksha before anything worse had happened than rumblings and strange mutterings at what seemed a great distance away.
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