. "
"Stick the spike into him, then," returned Sheppard, coolly, "while I unbar the
outlet. Ho-hum!
CHAPTER IX
The Hong-Kong packet lay alongside the warehouse frontage. Wood, "because he
found him in the river!—ha! ha!"
"Ha! ha!" echoed Smith, taking another bumper of brandy; "he'll set the Thames
on fire one of these days, I'll warrant him!"
"That's more than you'll ever do, you drunken fool!" growled Jackson, in an
under tone: "be cautious, or you'll spoil all!"
"Suppose we send for a bowl of punch," said Kneebone. Now I shall never hear it
but what this evening will come pouring back over me. What do you know about her, Fred? I am interested. She smiled and started for the stairs without reply. ”
“When?”
“At tea. Anna lets the deception continue and has to bear the
burden of her sister’s reputation which, in Paris at any rate, is that of being a
coquette. "
"To be sure you are," replied Jonathan, laughing. May I ask the
nature of your interest in her?”
He hesitated. Her softly
intertwined fingers became rigid. But the survey was satisfactory, and she found herself presently in
Room No.
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