His foot tapped impatiently, and he
took up the papers. 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. Inexplicably there flashed into vision the Chinese wedding procession in the
narrow, twisted streets of the city, that first day: the gorgeous palanquin, the tomtoms, the weird music, the ribald, jeering mob that trailed along behind. But for now, I’d like to turn in,
if you don’t mind. ”
Ann Veronica listened with her eyes on the fire. “Are you in the Service?” She asked him. "Not that I know of," replied the carpenter, who had in some degree recovered
his confidence. .
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