One morning, as he took his stand on the Hong-Kong packet dock to ambush the
possible tourist, he witnessed the arrival of a tubby schooner, dirty gray and
blotched as though she had run through fire. "I don't quite understand the
application. And after that Alice became remoter than ever, and, after a time, ill. Then a servant girl brought in a telegram. ”
For the moment her aunt could not think of any reply to this counterstroke,
and Ann Veronica followed up her advantage by a sudden inquiry about her
abandoned boots. The customary gold band was missing; but a soft gold Chinese ring Spurlock
had picked up in Singapore—the characters representing good luck and
prosperity—was slipped over Ruth's third finger. Not alone with her, that’s sure. From the freshness
of the stains, which grew more frequent as they approached the adjoining
chamber, it was evident some violence had been recently perpetrated, and the
carpenter's own blood froze within his veins as he thought, with a thrill of horror,
that, perhaps on this very spot, not many minutes before his arrival, his adopted
son might have been inhumanly butchered. "But, I say, that girl is a queer one. "
"I don't understand you," replied Kneebone, in some confusion.
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