Ever since the young police
officer had arrived on her doorstep the clock had started
ticking faster. But Jack was too nimble for him. She shuddered. No sooner did the vehicle turn the corner of this yard, than Quilt became aware,
from the tumultuous sounds that reached his ears, as well as from the flashing of
various lanterns at the door of the round-house, that some disturbance was going
on; and, apprehensive of a rescue, if he drew up in the midst of the mob, he
thought it prudent to come to a halt. The sunshine broke across each shoulder, one lance
striking the yellow face of a Chinaman, queueless and dressed in European
clothes, the other lance falling squarely upon the face of the man he had
journeyed thirteen thousand miles to find. How plainly he could see the patch of garden in the
summer sunshine and the white hollyhocks nodding above the picket fence!
*****
Ruth sat waiting for the half hour, subconsciously. "
"Thames!"
"Have I said anything to offend you?"
"Oh! no. "
"I see. He flung Ruth aside, careless whether she fell or
not. 253
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LUCY GOES TO DINNER
Mike and Lucy trudged over to the Vorsack’s house. You have taken even my knife. McClintock, striking a match to relight
his cigar, broke the spell. At any
rate, it would be good to hear him saying the sort of things he did—perhaps now
she would grasp them better—with this world-shaking secret brandishing itself
about inside her head within a yard of him.
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