The Girl from Hong-Kong: A Story of Adventure Under Five Suns — page 150: what you’re looking at

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144 au GIRL ‘PROM ‘HONG-KONG. , ite that a man knows his own ‘tnd. " Soinetinies 1 wish t was 4 little more. positive myself.” IT ‘don’t doubt you. are-right as to’ the general charactér of the fellow, but there may be a faint gleam of hope that he | is on ‘the square as to this ‘business. 7 In as few words as possible he tells them the nature oof his, errand. ‘There is hardly any need of f auking what they think about it. | Actions speak louder than words. .Pekoe Tay immediately begins to roll up ‘the flowing sleeves of his blouse, while Sandy stants to work. intro- ducing a little wind intoyhis bagpipes, as though intend. ing “to make good use of that’ ‘instrument of torture : should. the worst happen. Oo =" uae fs They are evidently preparing for ‘boarders, seeing which Terry begins to believe ‘that che was foolish to allow his desire to assist Doris to run away with his reason. - “Hear something drop, mebbe, bimeby,” says Pekoe Tay sententiously, and his voice is just as free from emotion, just as cheerful, as though hé speaks of a royal feast to which they are invited.” aan ‘Nae doot, nae doot,”’ echoes: Sandy, “they mean ‘to make it unco’ Pcabant for us the: bye. And it is a braw den’ for & shindig, ye ken.” = i +. comichooks.com