She tried for her usual confident tone, but only succeeded in sounding gruff, even to her own ears. The moment she entered the room and he rose, she felt that she was immediately consigned to the circle of strangers; and it emptied her heart of its joy and filled it with diffidence. “Dear friend,” she said, “do you not think that you are breaking an unspoken compact? I am very sorry. Canton was something like a blind alley; unless you were native, you couldn't get anywhere except by returning to Hong-Kong and starting afresh. He was human. She took the tray with both hands, gulped, and gave way to tears. But men are so careless, there's no trusting anything to them! However, I must try to brazen it out. “But you do not know,” she whispered, “whether I am a married woman or not. A stiff, formally-cut coat of cinnamon-coloured cloth, with rows of plate buttons, each of the size of a crown piece, on the sleeves, pockets, and skirts, reached the middle of his legs; and his costume was completed by the silver-hilted sword at his side, and the laced hat under his left arm.
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