She crushed the letter in her
hand. "
The woollen-draper made no answer, but hastily starting up, bolted the door. Thames unfolded the drawing, smoothed out its
creases, and beheld a portrait of himself. “Now I should like to know,” she said, looking at him with a quiet smile, “what
you are doing here? It is not a particularly inspiring neighbourhood for walking
about by yourself. ”
“Well, you see, something has happened at home. ”
“Who are you?”
“I am a friend of Miss Pellissier’s,” Courtlaw answered. Now you can understand why I have been obliged to——”
“Yes, yes, I understand that,” Courtlaw interrupted. 84
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A SECOND DATE WITH JOHN
DIEDERMAYER
“Ding dong. The
gentleman appealed to shook his head in reply, coughed as only a Dutchman can
cough, and raising his hand from the bowl of his pipe, went through precisely the
same mysterious ceremonial as the Master. And then, as she stood
there, with the fragments of the torn canvas at her feet, some even caught upon
her skirt, the door was thrown open, and a girl entered humming a light tune.
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