The
man or woman who did something for nothing always excited his suspicions;
they were playing some kind of a game. ‘I haven’t been so much entertained
since I left the Army. “We have to be—
modern. The ripple of the water against the boat, as its keel cleaves
through the stream—the darkling current hurrying by—the indistinctly-seen
craft, of all forms and all sizes, hovering around, and making their way in ghostlike silence, or warning each other of their approach by cries, that, heard from
afar, have something doleful in their note—the solemn shadows cast by the
bridges—the deeper gloom of the echoing arches—the lights glimmering from
the banks—the red reflection thrown upon the waves by a fire kindled on some
stationary barge—the tall and fantastic shapes of the houses, as discerned
through the obscurity;—these, and other sights and sounds of the same character,
give a sombre colour to the thoughts of one who may choose to indulge in
meditation at such a time and in such a place. "He seems infatuated about the lad," observed Wild. I need a
white man, if only to talk to; and it will be a god send to talk to someone of your
intelligence. ’
‘Don’t start arguing again, for God’s sake,’ snapped Roding irritably, dragging
out his own large pocket-handkerchief. Marvel. He had the same
dark eyes, though lighted by a fierce flame; the same sallow complexion; the
same tall, thin figure, and majestic demeanour; the same proud cast of features. “Fred,” he said, “do you remember taking me to dinner at the ‘Ambassador’s,’
one evening last September, to meet a girl who was singing there? Hamilton and
Drummond and his lot were with us. The
psychic vibration of him thickened the air of the room as
if he were already inside. ”
Anna’s eyes opened a little wider, but she said nothing. In Singapore that had been her only dissipation: a dozen pairs of silk
stockings. “You know nothing
about the stage. But did any woman get anything better from a man? Perhaps every woman
conceals herself from a man perforce!.
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