In this way he crossed one or two public gardens and a
bowling-green,—the neighbourhood of Clerkenwell then abounded in such
places of amusement,—passed the noted Ducking Pond, where Black Mary had
been frequently immersed; and, striking off to the left across the fields, arrived in
a few minutes at his destination. A coach was also in attendance, at a little distance. He returned her impressive greeting almost mechanically. He had kissed his wife on the
mouth … and had been horrified! There was real madness somewhere along this
road. ‘Moreover, no one will believe any more that Yolande is
me when they see this. London, Paris, Rome! There were no hotel labels on the
patient's trunk, but there were ship labels; and by these she was able to
reconstruct the journey: from New York to Naples, thence to Alexandria; from
Port Saïd to Colombo; from Colombo to Bombay; from Calcutta to Rangoon,
thence down to Singapore; from Singapore to Hong-Kong. Why did
the beggar hang on down there, when he could have enjoyed all that civilization
had to offer? Yes, he would be mighty glad to see McClintock; and the sooner he
came the better. ‘That’s my pet name. “We’ll go to a place where we can have a private room,” he said. You do not understand, and
you would like to. We smirk, and we’re a bit—furtive. Yet I shall think of you to-day. And Ramage too—about Ramage there would always be that air of
avidity, that air of knowledge and inquiry, the mixture of things in his talk that
were rather good with things that were rather poor. Then it
dawned. “Miss Pellissier,” he said, “I don’t understand this change in you.
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