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Updated: May 14, 2025
If Doctor Gollipeck had thought to upset Vandeloup by this recital, he was never more mistaken in his life, for that young gentleman heard him coolly to the end, and taking the cigarette out of his mouth, smiled quietly.
Thus accoutred, they went along to the foot of the poppet heads, and Archie having opened a door therein, Vandeloup saw the mouth of the shaft yawning dark and gloomy at his feet. As he stood there, gazing at the black hole which seemed to pierce down into the entrails of the earth, he turned round to take one last look at the sun before descending to the nether world.
Something in his voice fills her with fear, and looking up she reads death in his face, and sinking on her knees she holds out her helpless hands with a pitying cry for life. 'Strange, observed M. Vandeloup, with a touch of his old airy manner; 'you come to commit suicide and are not afraid; I wish to save you the trouble, and you are, my dear you are illogical.
'Curse that book of Prevol's, he said to himself, as he threw down the paper: 'it will put them on the right track, and then well, observed M. Vandeloup, sententiously, 'they say danger sharpens a man's wits; it's lucky for me if it does.
Often and often did he wish that Pierre would break his neck, or that the mine would fall in and crush him to death; but nothing of the sort happened, and Pierre continued to vex his eyes and to follow him about with a dog-like fidelity which arose not from any love of the young man, but from the fact that he found himself a stranger in a strange land, and Vandeloup was the only person he knew.
Vandeloup, on the other hand, ate and drank very little, as he talked gaily all the time about theatres, racing, boating, in fact of everything except the thing the other man wanted to hear. 'I never mix up business with pleasure, my dear fellow, said Gaston, amiably, guessing his companion's thoughts; 'when we have finished supper and are enjoying our cigars, I will tell you a little story.
Meddlechip glanced at him, and then, with a sigh of resignation, entered the cab, followed by Vandeloup. 'Where to, sir? asked the cabman, through the trap. 'To Leslie's Supper Rooms, replied the Frenchman, and the cab drove off. Leslie's Supper Rooms in Bourke Street East were very well known that is, among a certain class.
He regarded M. Vandeloup in a most malignant manner, which, however, had no effect on that young gentleman, who produced a cigarette, and having lighted it proceeded to talk. 'I'm sorry I can't offer you one, said Gaston, affably, 'but I hardly think you would enjoy it in your present damp condition.
'Oh! from Gollipeck, with a cynical smile, 'I see; let us say acquaintances. 'Won't make any difference, replied Vandeloup, airily; 'I turned my acquaintances into friends long ago, and then borrowed money off them; result: my social circle is nil. Friends, went on M. Vandeloup, reflectively, 'are excellent as friends, but damnable as bankers.
'Money again, I suppose? he said to Pierre, in a low voice, in French; 'don't trouble me now, but come to my rooms to-morrow. The dumb man nodded, and Vandeloup walked leisurely up the path. Then Pierre followed him right up to the steps which led to the house, saw him enter the brilliantly-lighted hall, and then hid himself in the shrubs which grew on the edge of the lawn.
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