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He indicated a small bronze Buddha on his desk. There are times, honorable
cousin, he admitted, when Ido not quite understand myself. The newspaper
stories about himare only too true.
Please hurry and close with him before he
leaves town.
He had dealt so muchin steel it had got somehow into his voice.
Only I hope that lad in the overcoat doesnt decide to come down tothe desert
and warm up. All your expenses will be paid, of course. I do not quite grasp
meaning, he told her. A light shone in the narrow eyes of Kee Lim.
By the way,
you dawdled too long over breakfast.
A light shone in the narrow eyes of Kee
Lim.
Im goingto ask you to eat one more bowl of sour rice. For a moment the
detective stood, family pride uppermost in histhoughts.
I escaped by way of
thekitchen, and slipped over here.
And that, dad, is thelong but thrilling
story of why I did not meet Mr.
Victor stepped forward eagerly, and Eden looked
at him with interest. Ive got a life, too, and Id like to hang on to it.
Once
she might have resented this,but not now. I will agree to deliver the necklace
anywhere you say, suggested Eden.
His heart was light, for he sawimportant
money in the offing.
Assoon as Im back in New York Ill wire you, and you can
deliver thenecklace at my office. He was taking a belatedsurvey of Martin
Thorn.
You want to interest me in the obsolete institution ofmarriage. But
after he had rung off,I got to thinking.
Once she might have resented this,but
not now.
Ive spent a lot of time on the desertmyself. I shall be happy to get
thatnecklace off my mind. Is it that you do not knowyour unworthy cousin from
the islands? How ill-advised she had been when she named that foolish,wayward
boy. Oh, were well along in years now, andit does no harm to speak of these
things.
Thats perfectly agreeable to me, Eden said.
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