By the time she was done, the bodies in the bathtub were gathering flies. It is the old story of a Westerner meddling with an Eastern custom. ” “There’s a sort of instinct of rebellion,” said Capes. ’ ‘I swear to you, it is the exact truth,’ he protested. ” Again that curious smile which puzzled him so much parted her lips for a moment. ‘I do not steal,’ declared the lady hotly. At least for one moment, it was. He turned and shouted some orders to the Kanaka crew, then nodded to the sampan's coolies, who bore upon the sweeps and headed for the Sha-mien. She is called Madame Ibstock, you understand. Wood had the advantage of her husband in point of years, being on the sunny side of forty,—a period pronounced by competent judges to be the most fascinating, and, at the same time, most critical epoch of woman's existence,—whereas, he was on the shady side of fifty,—a term of life not generally conceived to have any special recommendation in female eyes. She heard it open, but as she felt unable to look round in a careless manner she pretended not to hear it. ‘That’s what started the fracas,’ Gerald admitted ruefully, nursing his injured hand as he recalled it.
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