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Karslake might not, after all, be as negligible a person as he looked and as she indifferently had assumed. She determined to study him more attentively. It was rather a long confabulation, too, and one that both men seemed to take very seriously though its upshot was apparently quite acceptable to both and terminated abruptly with Mr.
"My attention was called to a newspaper advertisement signed by a firm of solicitors. I got in touch with them a matter of some difficulty, since it was after business hours and found out where to look for you. Then, prevented from acting as quickly as I wished, myself, I sent Karslake here to bring you to me."
As it turned out, however, Herr Sturm most obligingly understudied for me.... Before coming back, I looked Karslake up. He'd been busy, playing a lone hand, ever since Victor trumped up an errand to keep him out of your way all day.
"I want you to tend the door to-night," Victor pursued. "Eleven is expected at any moment. You need not announce him, simply show him in." "Hearing is obedience." "Wait" as the Chinaman began to bow himself out "Karslake is still in his room, I suppose?" "Yes, master." "And Nogam?" "Has just gone to his." "When did you last search their quarters?" "During dinner." "And of course found nothing?"
To Nogam the young girl looked wan and wistful as if she were missing somebody. And he wondered if Mr. Karslake knew what a lucky young devil he was. He wondered still more about the present whereabouts and welfare of Mr. Karslake.
I say: I'd give something to know where you ignorant furriners come by this precious pre-War stuff." But without waiting to be denied this information, Mr. Wertheimer continued: "Going on the evidence of your looks and temper, you've been down to Tilbury Docks this afternoon to see Karslake and Sonia off."
On the other hand, intuition kept admonishing her that in real life things simply didn't happen like this, so smoothly, so fortunately; somehow, somewhere, in this curious affair, something must be wrong. "Please: what is my father's name?" "Prince Victor Vassilyevski." "You're sure it isn't Michael Lanyard?" Now Mr. Karslake was genuinely startled and showed it.
Nor is it much that I must ask of you: merely that you never go out alone, but only in the company of Mrs. Waring or Mr. Karslake or, preferably, both." "Oh, I promise that " "But there is more: If by any accident you should ever find yourself left alone in public, do not let strangers speak to you, refuse to listen to them." "I promise."
Mine is not a forgiving nature, Sturm not even toward excessive shrewdness." Victor took up a docket of papers, and Sturm, mumbling an apology, gave himself up to jealous brooding till he forgot the broad hint he had received. "If I can satisfy you that Nogam is untrustworthy " he began, meaning to continue: Karslake will stand his proved accomplice. But Victor would not let him finish.
"My death occurred in western Arizona, April 15th, at the hands of a roving band of Hunt-in-the-Morning's bucks. They have "Five o'clock. The last cartridge gone. "Estorijo still breathing. I cover his face with my hat. Their fire is incessant. Am much weaker. Convey news of death to Patterson Karslake, care of Corn Exchange Bank, New York City. "Five-fifteen about.
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