Part 5
She had sent her father a telegram from the East Strand post-office worded
thus:
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is
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well
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with
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and
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quite
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safe
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me
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and afterward she had dined a la carte upon a cutlet, and had then set herself
to write an answer to Mr. . . C. ‘And since the entire company and Pottiswick himself were unable to
find hide nor hair of the infernal French female—’
‘English, Hilary,’ Gerald reminded him. She found no ready reply to that, and he went on: “This music is the food of
love. ’
‘But if she’s going to gaol—’
‘Just keep watch, like you’ve been told,’ Roding said severely, turning to glare
at his sergeant. . "
"And you flatter yourself you can detain me?" laughed Jack. "
"None whatever," rejoined Wild. And, if you hear any odd noise in the parlour, don't
mind it. Jests are not for seasons like this. Bird and have come hither. A tall, clean-shaven man came out and walked
rapidly through the room, exchanging greetings right and left, but evidently
anxious to avoid being detained. There were neither texts nor
rubbish on the walls, but only a stirring version of Belshazzar’s feast, a steel
engraving in the early Victorian manner that had some satisfactory blacks.
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