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Kelham and Sybil on the sand-bank, and I honestly do not think she cares for him a bit." "No," broke in Berenice, whose hair clung to her head like wet seaweed to a rock; "I am sure she does not. Do you think if Ambrose had had courted me and then neglected me, that I could have danced and laughed and " "Well, I'm thankful," broke in Mamma. "Looking after any girl as beautiful and "
"The desert will be so near," evaded the girl. "Half-an-hour's ride at the most, so so Ben Kelham told me, and there you see the desert, miles upon miles of it stretching right away like the sea." The hawk-eyes flashed across the girl's face, taking in the forced indifference of the expression and the light which gleamed far down in the eyes. "I had a letter from Ben this morning.
Whilst Damaris was trying to soothe her wounded pride at Karnak, Ben Kelham was suffering the tortures of the nethermost pit down Assouan way. His heart was not in "lion" at all, it was literally at Damaris' feet.
She had nothing further to gain by looking upon the man who had unconsciously been the cause of her ruin; she had done her best to retaliate by blighting the love she had herself tried to gain; but she had been mastered by a morbid desire to look just once more upon Ben Kelham, hoping to be able to trace in his face some sign of his mental hurt.
Hugh Carden Ali, quite still and strangely unwelcoming, stood just inside his tent; as Ben Kelham flung himself off his horse; neither did he put out his hand to take the outstretched one of his old school-fellow. Pretending not to notice the seeming lapse in courtesy, Kelham turned to hitch his horse, only to find that that product of the bazaar had cleared for the horizon.
They talked, instead, disjointedly upon things which, though they interested them mightily, were not near their hearts as is the Hill to the Harrovian. They had both come to a decision, which, however, left them in nowise comforted. Ben Kelham decided as he walked about the tent that not a word about the anonymous letter or the courtesan should pass his lips.
This" he looked quickly at the leather curtain at the back of his friend "This is my natural environment. Harrow was a a loving thought on the part of my honoured mother, and " He paused, and raising his voice ever so slightly, looked steadily at the curtain which seemed to move, perchance blown by the night wind "and a great, a terrible mistake. Yes, Kelham, a terrible mistake.
The steamer was churning up the waters of the river down which Cleopatra had passed in all her power and beauty; on each side were the ruins of temples and tombs built to the glory of great god or mighty emperor; yet the tourists flung down guide-books and left their tea to shout encouragement and wave their handkerchiefs to Ben Kelham and Sybil Sidmouth, who were also having tea on the slanting deck of their private steamer, which had run aground on the pestiferous sand-bank.
Ben Kelham, with the one thought of shutting the tragic picture, if only for a moment, from his eyes; of hiding his grief if only from the great dogs, blindly pulled back the curtain and stumbled into the silent room of prayer lit by a silver lamp.
Against wall, Corinthian coupled pilasters. Roman banging lamps, by Kelham, suggest bronze, great weight. Bronze, pink, green, and cream. Italian bronze lanterns suggest blue eucalyptus. Lamp standards between columns, globe half concealed, by Kelham. Charm of effect, improvement on those with globe wholly visible. Conventionalized lions in pairs at portals, by Albert Laessle, of Philadelphia.
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