"
Captivity had, indeed, produced a striking alteration in Thames. Of course I tripped right when I went to
school at seven in the morning, so I sat in the Nurse’s
office for six hours until my Dad got off work! It hurt,
too, and they aren’t allowed to give children painkillers. "Your mother is dead," interposed Wild, scowling. ’ With care, she gave it an
English pronunciation. "But, where's the strange gentleman I saw
under the table?"
"Under the table!" echoed Blueskin, winking at Jack. "I wonder if you will understand what this kindness means
to me? I am so terribly wise—and so wofully ignorant!"
CHAPTER XII
The doctor shifted his books and magazines to the crook of his elbow. You know, I’ve done no
work at all this afternoon. The hotel on the Peak had the aspect of
a fairy castle. Three times he uttered a phrase:
"A djinn in a blue-serge coat!"
And each time he would follow it with a chuckle—the chuckle of a soul in
damnation. "
Without another word, and accompanied by Thames, he then took his way to
Dollis Hill in a state of the deepest depression.
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