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"Said," said Ho-Pin very deliberately, turning to face the new arrival, "ahu hina Lucas Effendi Mr. Lucas. Waddi el shenta ila beta oda. Fehimt?" Said bowed his head. "Fahim, effendi," he muttered rapidly. "Ma fihsh."... Again Said bowed his head, then, glancing at Soames: "Ta'ala wayyaya!" he said.
In short, he was another man a man whom he detested at first sight! This was the price, or perhaps only part of the price, of his indiscretion. Mr. Soames was become Mr. Lucas. Clutching the top of the chest-of-drawers with both hands, he glared at his own reflection, dazedly. In that pose, he was interrupted. Said, silently opening the door behind him, muttered: "Ta'ala wayyaya!"
Soames whirled around in a sudden panic, his heart leaping madly. The immobile brown face peered in at the door. "Ta'ala wayyaya!" repeated Said, his face expressionless as a mask. He pointed along the corridor. "Ho-Pin Effendi!" he explained. Soames, raising his hands to his collarless neck, made a swallowing noise, and would have spoken; but: "Ta'ala wayyaya!" reiterated the Oriental.
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