”
The idea struck him as novel. Every now
and then she fingered an ornament, moved a piece of furniture, or rearranged
some draperies. I've been hunting for this
particular job for a thousand years!"
She smiled a little sadly over this fine enthusiasm; for in her wisdom she had a
clear perception where it would eventually end—in the veranda chair. It did not shock her; it amazed her,
interested her beyond measure. She took her hat from the peg in the corner and began to put it on. He could not doubt it. Even that he was an interfering person, if he
walked through that door this moment, she would fling herself at him and weep
all over his chest. The arrested women were herded in a passage of the Panton Street
Police-station that opened upon a cell too unclean for occupation, and most of
them spent the night standing. It's hereditary, like de jigt, vat you call it—gout
—haw! haw!"
"If the child is destined to the gibbet, Van Galgebrok," replied the Master,
joining in the laugh, "it'll never be choked by a footman's cravat, that's certain;
but, in regard to going back empty-handed," continued he, altering his tone, and
assuming a dignified air, "it's quite out of the question. Even though the individual faces of her audience were not
to be singled out, she had been conscious from the first moment of her
appearance that something was wrong. ‘But how do you come here?’
‘Down on a routine patrol, unluckily for you,’ he answered grimly.
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