“Yes I did. Aware that they would not be allowed to remain long unmolested,
the New Minters conducted themselves so outrageously, and with such
extraordinary insolence, that measures were at this time being taken for their
effectual suppression. . Listening at one of the doors leading to the Master Debtors' side, he heard a loud
voice chanting a Bacchanalian melody, and the boisterous laughter that
accompanied the song, convinced him that no suspicion was entertained in this
quarter. To reach the
Sha-mien—and particularly the Hotel Victoria—one crossed a narrow canal,
always choked with rocking sampans over and about which swarmed yellow
men and women and children in varied shades of faded blue cotton. With each step his
heartbeat increased exponentially. Retribution has a queer way
of acting sometimes. It was a
precious thing, a beautiful cabochon—do you know what
that is?”
“What’s a cabochon?”
“It’s a precious jewel that doesn’t have facets yet. She meant to leave anyway, or so
she would tell herself later. You see, the plain fact of the case is that I think I am
too young and ignorant for marriage. It looks so French to be affectionate. Before the Monroes I was placed with a single woman,
Leslie Cavendish. I’ve
called half a dozen times at her flat, and she won’t see me.
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