"I have one inquiry more to make of you, Sir," said the stranger, as soon as he
had conquered his displeasure, "and I will then trouble you no further. She was afraid people would follow
her, she was afraid of the dark, open doorways she passed, and afraid of the
blazes of light; she was afraid to be alone, and she knew not what it was she
feared. The doctor had not heard from his people. One of the most barbarous murders ever committed has just been
perpetrated by the monster Wild. I
want you to be clear what you’re really and truly up to, anyhow. "
"Decidedly so," replied Edgeworth Bess; "and I'll take this opportunity, while
Jack's back is turned,—for he's grown so strangely particular,—of easing him of
his snuff-box. "Are you returning to Hong-Kong to-morrow by the day boat?"
For a moment Ruth was astonished at the sound of the spinster's voice. "What?—help take care of him? Why, you can't do that, Miss
Enschede!" was the protest.
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