The Girl from Hong-Kong: A Story of Adventure Under Five Suns — page 66: what you’re looking at

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60 THE GIRL FROM HONG-KONG. CHAPTER VI. , 10 THE LAND OF THE AMEER. THERE are certain points that give Terry considerable, satisfaction whenever he considers them. A long and tedious journey like that upon which they are now entering must afford many chances of. pleasant intercourse ‘with the other members of the party, for there is nothing that brings people closer together than the fact of their being thrown upon each other’s society. | Doubtless he can hold his own in this matter, for surely a sensible, independent American girl like Doris will prefer in the long run the society of a cousin whose language i is her own, rather than a Russian who stumbles over his verbs and often has to express his meaning with a French shrug. in the bar gain, but Doris’ good sense must pul _ against his calculating disposition—she cannot fail fo Bee that occasionally his eyes assume a cold, steely. look that warns one of his true nature. a Ay Besides, Doris has lived many years in Hong-Kong.