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I saw tens of thousands in prospective. "Mr. B , of Alton?" said I, affecting an effort of memory. "Does he look like a fair man?" "I don't recall him. Mr. B ? Hum-m-m. He impresses you favorably, Edward?" "Yes, sir; but it may be prudent to send and get a report." "I'll see to that, Edward," said I. "Sell him what he wants. If everything is not on the square, I'll give you the word in time.
Yet only last night the groom, Tolliver, was set upon inside the place and killed outright in his efforts to protect the horse; killed, Cleek, with four men patrolling outside, and willing to swear each and every one of them that nothing and no one, either man, woman, child or beast, passed them going in or getting out from sunset until dawn." "Hum-m-m!" said Cleek, sucking in his lower lip.
Narkom, and certainly not in the palm of your hand. Why, then, should the assassin have brought the chain back after that operation and laid it upon the body of the victim? Rather looks as if he wanted the fact that the stones had disappeared to be apparent at first glance. Any other jewels stolen at the same time?" "No; only the Siva stones." "Hum-m-m!
And when does it happen in their case during the course of the show, or when there is nobody about but those connected with it?" "Oh, always during the course of the entertainment, sir. Indeed, it has never happened at any other time never at all." "Oho!" said Cleek. "Then it is only when they are dressed and made up for the performance, eh? Hum-m-m! I see."
A month passed and they were just beginning to forget details of the tragedy when a second and equally mysterious and horrifying one occurred, and the eldest son of the dead woman Philip was stricken down precisely as his mother had been, and, as his horrified brother, sisters, and uncle now recalled, like her, on the tenth day of the month!" "Hum-m-m!" said Cleek, reflectively.
By the way, who did you say picked you up in his car?" "Bryce Cardigan. Do you know him?" "No, we haven't met. Son of old John Cardigan, I dare say. I've heard of him. He's been away from Sequoia for quite a while, I believe." "Yes; he was abroad for two years after he was graduated from Princeton." "Hum-m-m! Well, it's about time he came home to take care of that stiff-necked old father of his."
"Ninety-eight cents per word," replied Mr. Skinner, who had just looked it up. "We will if you please, Skinner, confine ourselves to round numbers. There is such a thing as being too exact. Call it a dollar. Figuring on that basis, I see this garrulous mate has squandered five dollars of our money to no purpose yes, by jingo, more than that. He might have used the code book! Hum-m-m! Ahem!
Demurrage! Ahem! That won't do. He'd be liable to confuse it with the ship's business. Harumph-h-h! Arrivals. Now we have it. Landry has been asking of an expected arrival, hasn't he?" Cappy ran his index finger down the page. "Here you are, Hankins. Hum-m-m! Afilamos meaning no new arrivals.
His stock in the Red Funnel Line is worth a million at the very least, and the remaining half million is represented by cold cash in bank and bonds that can be converted into cash overnight. "Hum-m-m! Harumph-h-h! Quite a fortune for a youth of a twenty-five to be intrusted with. I'll bet somebody will take it away from him before he's thirty." "That's a safe bet, Alden.
"Hum-m-m!" murmured Conway and pursued the subject no further, nor did he evince the slightest interest in the answers which Parker framed glibly to meet the insistent demand for information from his wife and daughter. The meal concluded, he excused himself and sought Pablo, of whom he demanded and received a meticulous account of the "accident" to Miguel Farrel.
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