Nevertheless Sydney, clumsily, but earnestly, had
something to say about it. Lights gleamed from the lower rooms,
and, on a nearer approach to the building, the sound of revelry might be heard
from within. In those revolutionary times
one had to be prepared. "
Spurlock laughed. Your aunt and I have
discussed all this matter. ”
With a swift movement she gained the bell and rang it. ‘Eh bien?’
‘You are perfectly right, Melusine. “I have to go out. "
CHAPTER XX
To Spurlock it seemed as if a great iron door had swung in behind him, shutting
out the old world. At sunset
the swarming abruptly ceased; even the sampans appeared to draw closer
together, with the quiet of water-fowl. "Put your arms about
me. You have the look
in your eyes to-night which you had that day, the look of a frightened child. It's certain. Besides those who conducted themselves more peaceably, the conductors of the
procession noticed with considerable uneasiness, large bands of men armed with
staves, bludgeons, and other weapons, who were flying across the field in the
same direction.
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