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When she returned she would have a half-dozen purchases to display, a two-and-six glove bargain from Robinson's, a bit of lace from Selfridge's, a knick-knack from Liberty's "All so MUCH cheaper than you can get 'em in Boston, Hosy." She would have had a glorious time. Matthews, the manager at Camford Street, was out, but Holton, the head clerk I was learning to speak of him as a "clark" was in.
"But they say that you have, and that her eyes grow so bright when she speaks to you, that a man would forfeit three months' pay for a glance of them, by Jove!" Another traced her likeness in a few words, and described her as if she had been some knick-knack for sale at an auction.
She looked at the drawer and wondered if the pocket-book was still there, or if this mysterious admirer of hers was only a vulgar hotel thief after all. The man had followed her eyes to the revolver. "That is an unusual knick-knack to find in a lady's room, Princess," and he sprang in front of her as she was taking a step towards the escritoire, and took possession of the revolver.
"Why, it's a little knick-knack I've brought home for Gerty here, that " "Willie! Willie!" called Mrs. Sullivan from the opposite room, "have you been to tea, dear?" "No, indeed, mother; have you?" "Why, yes; but I'll get you some." "No, no," said True; "Stay and take tea with us, Willie; take tea here, my boy. My little Gerty is making some famous toast, and I'll have the tea presently."
Of course, it is as an exotic work of art, as a precious knick-knack, that Chrysanthème prefers it to any of her other boxes in lacquer or inlaid work. And when I question her, she replies in Japanese, with an air of importance: "My dear creature, they are letters from my female friends." Oh! those friends of Chrysanthème, what funny little faces they have!
And the young woman, radiant, carried off the howling brat, as one carries away a wished-for knick-knack from a shop. The Tuvaches, from their door, watched her departure; mute, severe, perhaps regretting their refusal. Nothing more was heard of little Jean Vallin.
They sat outside their stores in old chairs, hovered protectingly over the outdoor knick-knack counters, walked lazily in search of iced drinks or stood with their noses close together arguing. The store windows glittered with crude colors and careless peasants' clothes. It was at such times as this, hurrying home from a doctor's office or a grocery store, that Mrs. Sardotopolis enjoyed herself.
"Well well let every man father his own children: you ought to be quiet, Winchester, for he asked very kindly about your hurt to-day, and would have sent you aboard some knick-knack or other for the stomach, but I told him you were all a-tanto again and at duty. What between his head and his arm and his eye, he's got to be such a hulk himself that he thinks every wounded man a sort of a relation.
"Yes, yes, I'm positive that the sixty notes were brought here after the murder." "Let's look for them." This was easy and soon done. In half an hour, not a corner remained unexplored, not a knick-knack unlifted. "Nothing," said Inspector Morisseau. "Shall we continue?" "No," replied Renine, "The notes are no longer here." "What do you mean?" "I mean that they have been removed." "By whom?
And the child would go back to the cottage in a waking dream, treading bright clouds of fancy, with perhaps a little carved box or knick-knack in his hand, the gift of some bearded, tender-hearted ruffian. It was pitiful. Of course he picked up their talk, and very soon could swear with equal and appalling freedom in English, French, Swedish, German, and Italian.
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