The city presented a terrible picture of devastation. It was the girl. To reach the Sha-mien—and particularly the Hotel Victoria—one crossed a narrow canal, always choked with rocking sampans over and about which swarmed yellow men and women and children in varied shades of faded blue cotton. Yet in some hidden corner was a vein of sentiment, of which for the first time in his later life he was now unexpectedly aware. "In the devil's name, is that you, Jack!" ejaculated Kneebone. ’ ‘Or she imagines that being half English is the same as being completely English,’ suggested Lucilla. "To be plain, then," said Winifred, "he has asked me whether I have any objection to you as a mother. It will be horribly dull, and she is a very trying person. Could you come to tea at my rooms one afternoon, or would you dine with me somewhere, and do a theatre? We could have a private room, of course, if you do not wish to be seen about London, and a box at the theatre. ‘You wish a life of obedience? So be it, Mademoiselle Charvill.
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