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Updated: June 10, 2025
Shin Shira at once busied himself by gathering some of the largest gems as quickly as possible; and taking from his pockets some strong linen bags which he had thoughtfully provided, he handed two to me and told me to fill them for myself. This I did, and also put several into my various pockets.
And so, amid the most bitter reproaches, although I left no stone unturned in my hopeless search for Lionel and Shin Shira, several days flew by, till one morning I nearly leaped from my chair in surprise and delight, at seeing the following report in the paper
"I think I would be wanting you to take word home in case anything happened. I was thinking of of of what was her name, now? You know the one I mean her ladyship in Glen Shira. Am I not stupid to forget it? that's the worst of the bottle!
"In Glen Shira; what was I doing there?" repeated Gilian. He wanted no answer. "It was on the odd chance that I might see Miss Nan. We are not altogether without some taste in these parts, though wanting the advantage of travel and garrison gallantry. I was in the garden when you were inside. I heard her singing, and I think I got closer on herself and her song than you did."
However, Lionel seemed so very eager, and Shin Shira assured me so positively that it was really a bargain, that, with a sigh at what I feared was a great piece of extravagance on my part, I took out my purse and paid for it. "To where shall I send it?" inquired the shopkeeper. "Let's ride home on it and save the cab fare," whispered Shin Shira, pulling me down to his level by my sleeve.
From then till the date fixed Shin Shira was very busy, and I only saw him once or twice, and on the eventful day I did not see him at all. The Verrinder children were coming in the carriage with me, and, according to arrangement, we were the first to arrive.
We landed in the garden, and nobody saw us, and I went up to the front door and knocked, and when I found Gammage wasn't at home I just went back to Shin Shira and asked where else we could go, because I didn't want to go home so soon. "'How would you like to go over to France? he said; 'we could do it in about twenty minutes.
The bull was rapidly gaining on Shin Shira and the little fellow was becoming exhausted, when, by a happy chance, at that very moment he began to disappear, and before the bull could reach him he had vanished altogether.
Before we got to Baghdad, though, Shin Shira had the misfortune to disappear, much to the horror of the aeronauts, who thought he had fallen out of the basket, and who would scarcely credit my explanation when I told them of Shin Shira's peculiar misfortune in this respect. He left the two bags of precious stones behind him, and they stood beside mine at the bottom of the basket.
I was just puzzling about these things when the door opened and the jailer hurriedly came to tell me the time allowed for my visit was up. He saw at once that Shin Shira was not there, and in a great state of excitement plied me with questions.
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