Sir John waved her back. "That was the lad's name," returned the stranger. "
"Well, villain!" replied Thames, "I know not the motive of your visit. If
you owe your confinement to me, you shall owe your liberation to me, also. Entering London, he bent his way towards the west-end; and having some
knowledge of a secondhand tailor's shop in Rupert Street, proceeded thither, and
looked out a handsome suit of mourning, with a sword, cloak, and hat, and
demanded the price. . ’
‘But, no,’ She dimpled. She was informed by Ah Cum that the Chinaman
was one of the literati and that he was expounding the deathless philosophy of
Confucius, which, summed up, signified that the end of all philosophy is
Nothing. I have just come from him. He wore a silk hat a little tilted, and a morning coat buttoned round
a tight, contained figure; and a white slip gave a finish to his costume and
endorsed the quiet distinction of his tie. Was he pleased?”
“Calmly! He said—you won’t mind my telling you?”
“Not a bit. Fortescue rambled
round the garden with soft, propitiatory steps, the Corinthian nose upraised and
his hands behind his back, pausing to look long and hard at the fruit-trees against
the wall.
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