I was engaged to dine with your sister and her husband, and I sent a wire. You are nothing of the sort. Before it is too late. " "You would, if you had seen what I have. " "Hush!" replied Mrs. Surely she could ignore him. Inexplicably there flashed into vision the Chinese wedding procession in the narrow, twisted streets of the city, that first day: the gorgeous palanquin, the tomtoms, the weird music, the ribald, jeering mob that trailed along behind. " CHAPTER XI. “You do look really nice. " She departed reluctantly. The haste to send her upon her way now had but one interpretation—the recognition of his own immediate danger, the fear that if this tender association continued, he would end in offering her a calamity quite as impossible as that which had happened—the love of a man who was in all probability older than her father! The hurt was no less intensive because it was so ridiculous. I don’t feel it. Determined, however, to conquer the feeling as soon as possible, Wood had given orders to have the evening meal served there; but, notwithstanding all his good resolutions upon his first entrance, he had much ado to maintain his self-command. " "Did you discover any trace of footsteps?" inquired Jack eagerly. " "I will not attempt to combat your resolution, Jack," returned Thames, after a pause.
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