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These were some of the fantasies which she had long dreamed about; and, aided by these, Uncle Venner's casual attempt at encouragement kindled a strange festal glory in the poor, bare, melancholy chambers of her brain, as if that inner world were suddenly lighted up with gas.
It was all arranged exactly as Venner had suggested, and a little later Vera was shaking hands with her own husband as if he were a perfect stranger. They proceeded presently to walk up the grand staircase and along the corridor, Vera doing the honors of the place and speaking in a manner calculated to deceive anybody who was listening. She stopped presently and clutched Venner's arm excitedly.
"So we went to work," Kilgore proceeded, discursively. "We built our plant, placed our machinery, rigged a private telephone between this house and Venner's, and tapped the electric conduit with a secret wire, to give us light and feed our furnace." "That was my work," nodded Stall, with a touch of pride. "Right you are, Matt, and mighty good work, too," bowed Kilgore.
The recollection of a deep and true affection is rather a divine nourishment for a life to grow strong upon than a poison to destroy it. Dudley Venner's habitual sadness could not be laid wholly to his early bereavement.
There are other eyes on you beside Elsie Venner's. Do you go armed?" "I do!" said Mr. Bernard, and he "put his hands up" in the shape of fists, in such a way as to show that he was master of the natural weapons at any rate. The Doctor could not help smiling. But his face fell in an instant. "You may want something more than those tools to work with. Come with me into my sanctum."
Garside remarked that he appeared quite anxious to leave the diamonds until Venner should return. That would have been very natural on his part, in case he was then co-operating with the party who finally secured them." "The same objection again arises, however," argued Nick. "Boyden is not employed at Venner's, and therefore has not access to his letter paper.
Providence, however, had care of Wressley, He was immensely struck with Miss Venner's intelligence. He would have been more impressed had he heard her private and confidential accounts of his calls. He held peculiar notions as to the wooing of girls. He said that the best work of a man's career should be laid reverently at their feet.
"Well, what do you make of it?" she demanded, glaring at Venner's colorless face. "No need to ask," he replied, hoarsely. "You know what I make of it." "You think I did it?" "I know you did it!" "And killed the wrong girl?" "And killed the wrong girl!" "Can you guess how?" "I don't care how. I know that you did it."
"To begin with," began Nick, more gravely, "this order sent to Hafferman, for the diamonds which he delivered at Venner's store, is merely a forgery. Neither Venner nor Garside wrote it, that's as plain as the nose on an elephant's face." "Which is plain enough, surely," nodded Chick. "Furthermore," continued Nick, "the forgery was not the work of any clerk employed in either store.
Wressley didn't press her to wait for him any longer. He had sense enough for that. Then came the reaction after the year's strain, and Wressley went back to the Foreign Office and his "Wajahs," a compiling, gazetteering, report-writing hack, who would have been dear at three hundred rupees a month. He abided by Miss Venner's review.
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