‘Beg pardon, miss, but I’m told as how—’ She broke off, her eyes widening, her jaw dropping open. Melusine, her breath coming in short bursts, heard a sudden flurry of several heavy footsteps and harsh commands exchanged. What is the matter with you?” Dunster had withdrawn discreetly. " "I'll ring for one," replied Kneebone, rising accordingly; "but I fear my servants are gone to bed. She had underestimated his animal ability to sense weakness. ’” “What did he say?” “What does any one say to an invitation to dinner point-blank? One tries to collect one’s wits. It would send business elsewhere; and the hotel business in Canton was never so prosperous that one could afford to lose a single guest. . A robbery has been committed, and your master suspects this lad as an accessory to the offence. But where in the world was the girl? A door led to another chamber beyond. In the meanwhile, as he talked, he scrutinized her face, ran his eyes over her careless, gracious poise, wondered hard about her. Young, not much older than she was: she was twenty and he was possibly twenty-four.
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