Earles drew out his cheque book. But she was only able to save a corner of
the letter. Even Ah Cum had resumed his Oriental shell of reserve. She dropped beside
the chair, sat cross-legged, and laughed at the futile jade-coloured wall. ’
‘Pah!’ scoffed Melusine. 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. I told
you no good would come of it. These little squares of coloured paper interested her mightily—hotel labels. I tell you what, Mr. "I should never have acted as I did," rejoined Sheppard, bitterly; "if Mrs. "The men.
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