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Fellowes had stolen the needle from Mr. Mappin at Glencader," he added. "How you know that?" asked Krool, in a husky, ragged voice. "I saw him steal it and you?" "No. He tell me." "What did he mean to do with it?" A look came into Krool's eyes, malevolent and barbaric. "Not to kill himself," he reflected. "There is always some one a man or a woman want kill."
As she yielded to him the puzzle-box, which she had refused to the nurse, she said: "And pray who sets the example? I am a very imitative person. Besides, I asked Mr. Mappin about the broth, so it's all right; and Jigger will want the puzzle-box when you are not here," she added, quizzically. "Diversion or continuity?" he asked, with a laugh, as she held the bowl of soup to Jigger's lips.
Then she withdrew them. "I think," she sighed, "you an' me could do with a cup of tea." And presently I was having tea with Mrs. Mappin. I was afterwards to learn that this practice of calling a halt in her labours for a cup of tea was a highly incorrect one on Mrs. Mappin's part, and that my share in the transaction was to the last degree reprehensible.
On her part, she saw him coming nearer, as, standing in the door of a cottage in a valley, one sees trailing over the distant hills, with the light behind, a welcome and beloved figure with face turned towards the home in the green glade. A smile came to his lips, as suspicion stole away ashamed, and he said: "This will not do. Jigger will be spoiled. We shall have to see Mr. Mappin about it."
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