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But at
length, there was a click, and with a swish, the panel of painted books swung
outward from the wall. Rows of roasted duck, brilliantly varnished; luscious vegetables, which
she had been warned against; baskets of melon seed and water-chestnuts; men
working in teak and blackwood; fan makers and jade cutters; eggs preserved in
what appeared to her as petrified muck; bird's nests and shark fins. ‘Good, good—and not before time,’ muttered Roding, glancing round again. "Is this her work?"
"It is," answered Thames. She’s
as stubborn as the proverbial mule, and—’ with a sigh that felt wrenched out of
him ‘—utterly captivating.
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