Thames did not attempt to offer
him any consolation, for he was almost as much dejected. ‘Keep watch, Jack! If Captain Roding fails to
keep the man out of the house, run upstairs and warn me quickly. He’s a
prig to the finger-tips, is Sir John—doesn’t know what an artist is. To reach the
Sha-mien—and particularly the Hotel Victoria—one crossed a narrow canal,
always choked with rocking sampans over and about which swarmed yellow
men and women and children in varied shades of faded blue cotton. It was horrible, but what
could she do? She meant to live her own life, and he meant, with contempt and
insults, to prevent her. Lost ground must be
regained. "Why shouldn't a Chinaman be honest? Ah, yes; I know. I don’t care if you
never tell me any of your secrets. She was quite tired of the stream of visitors and
heard with relief the words of her newfound great-aunt, addressed to her son’s
butler. ’
Jack blinked. "
"If you mean the fugitive, Darrell, he has escaped through the back window,"
replied Jonathan.
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