Presently he resumed: “I believe I must be in love. But she made a pretence of struggling a little, for it
would be out of character for her not to do so and she did not want to arouse his
suspicions. Yet, here she was, in
the ancient Chinese city, weaving in and out of the narrow streets some scarcely
wide enough for two men to walk abreast, streets that boiled and eddied with
yellow human beings, who worshipped strange gods, ate strange foods, and
diffused strange suffocating smells. The mortal youth in him, then, was fascinated, the thinker, the poet;
from all sides Ruth attacked him, innocently. A shiver slid down inside her. “What do you think of that farce?” he exclaimed bitterly. She stood without motion and without
strength. She studied her form in the full length mirror, assessed
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her body as one would that of a prize calf, trying to see it
through his eyes, through the eyes of desire. As he pocketed it, her
open palm reached out and slapped his cheek. Hurrying on, his progress was soon checked by a strong door, several inches in
thickness, and nearly as wide as the passage. Entering the outer gate, and traversing the broad gravel walk before-mentioned,
Jack ascended the steps, and was admitted, on feeing the porter, by another iron
gate, into the hospital. And there," he added, placing in his hands a heavy bag of money, and a pocketbook, "is a sum little short of fifteen thousand pounds. ’
‘That depends, that does,’ said Trodger guardedly. Securing the chain in the best way he could, Jack then hurried down two pair of
stairs, and had nearly reached the lobby, when a door suddenly opened, and two
persons appeared, one of whom held a light. C below.
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