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" "I I "r r " ha lIa\ lIa lIae hale \ e sm-ill sm ill sm'll1 smll1 sms11 ' - love for Aswami Aswaml Assvami , " she shereplied shereplied shereplied replied , " "and and "ancl ancl " less for Cairo We "e e 11 " a 'lIe lIe ue uegoing 'lIegoIng ' liegoing goIng , then , to l Arabia rablu ? Tlicre There . , at IC'lst IClst least leastI ' , I hu\ hu have hue hale \ e nay my comforts-mJ comforts mJ comforts-m3 m3 comforts - mi sonants sersants sen ants ' ' "In In " the moining mOlnlng morning , Orange Blossom Blossom'He BlossomHe ' ' He walked walhed slowls sldwl3 sldwl towards to\\ards to ards \ her 'You You 'Youbave 'Youhave ' Tonhave bave have until untll the dawn d'1wn d1wn d'iwn diwn ' ' of tomorrow In Inwhich Inwhich Inwhich which to talk talh to me , to tp he hen bewitch " itch me mewith mewith "With With " sour our beauty , and mal make e me more morecompletely morecompletely completely your 5 our slive shve slice " The woman smiled up at him as ns he hebent hebent hebent bent over herC her "You You 'You C " ' You l know now that thnt I lo\e lo e lose loeyou loseou loveyou \ you ) ou , , Yu'an Yuan ' ' , ' ; , ' she whispeicd whlcpeied whispeicd"I whlcpeied"I whIcpel : ed ed"r "I I "r r " begin to believe so since slIIce v \ ' , QU au ou have havetoHowed havefollowed havefollowed toHowed followed me ' ' around 1round 'iround iround the woild wOlld world " "Followed Followed "FoUowed FoUowed " ? " "You You " were free to leave le'l\e le'l lel e lene ' \ me it nny any nnytime anytime anytime time " Dimly the note of a gong sounded In Inlome insome Ingome lome some place belo"Go below belo\\ belo \ . . "Go Go " now to Jour your Jourroom yourroom sourroom room , , " said Yu'an Yuan ' Hee flee See ' "Ibis Ibis " 1 ' his isAswami Is IsAswami IsAswami Aswami who "ho ho " has h'ls hls ' arrived arrhcd arnccd I < ; shall l1a11 be bedetaIned bedetained bedetained detaIned , perhaps perh'lps perhlps ' ( for or ' an 'lIJ lIJ yr linnr hour ' ' In a small sm'lU smlU ' square squ'1re squ1re squire ' loom 100m room on the theground theground theground ground Hoor floor of at the hous house , furnished furnishedvery furnishedvery furnishedTCry very simply as an office Aswami Asw'lml Aswlml Aswgml ' Pashaant Pashaat Pasha Pashaat ant at wmtIngTo waitingTo waiting wmtIng waitingTo To the gang assembled In the Res Restaurant Restaurant Kestaurant taurant Suleiman Sulclman Bex BeyC In Paris Pnrls he was wasknown wasknown wasknown known as the Chief , , but here he was wasan wasan wasan an Egyptian gentleman gentIem'l.n gentIeml.n gentIemln gentlemen ' . of establIshed establIshedposition establishedposition establishedposition position Nevertheless , , he watclied watched the thedoor thedoor thedoor door of ot the room with a certain cert'lIn certlIn ' ner nervousness nervousness nerTousness vousness not stiictiv stucth stiicth in keeping heepIng wIthMoslem withMoslem with Moslem fataUsm fatalism Yu'an Yuan ' Hee flee See stood framed In the theopen theopen theopen open doorway , looking at the EgyptIan Egyptianhis , bls his e eses eyes es nearly closed "You You " are an anhour anhour anhour hour late hte What Is the ' explanation e.tplanatIon etplanatIon : . 1 ? " "It It " Is simple , " was W'1S W1S ' the reply . 'The The 'Thepilot ' The Thepilot Thepilot pilot made a forced landing hnding lending , , but a good goodone goodone goodone one We were ten miles from HeHopo Heliopo HeliopoIfswhich HellopoUs lis-which lis which Ifs-which Ifs - which , I think thml , e explains ptaIns my delas delay dela . " . " " "It It " e explains plaIns it Et , , " the reedy voice con conceded conceded conceded ceded cededC cededI ' 'I I C ' I accept this explanation I Iwould Iwould Iwould would add that If such accidents occur occurto occurto occurto to others of our company companv disaster lIes lIesbefore liesbefore liesbefore before us m like e a gulf which no man mancan mancan mancan can pa 1'1'1 111 p'ics pics ' ' cs : s " . 'I I ' I have no fears , , " " the Egyptian aseured as assured aslured sured lured him " "Here Here " Is the roll I can cantell cantelly cantell telly tell sou ou " where "here here every man m'ln mln ' of the com corn comranv cornpanv ranv anv Is at the present moment . " "Or Or " should be " 'Some Some ' ' Some are out of reach , I admit , but butwith butwith butwith with the others we can get in touch touchif touchif touchIf if y sou ou desire it Et . " ' ' , I r do not desire desJre it . You are responsl responsi responslble responsible responsible ble " He raided ralced raised : a plump hind h'1nd h1nd ' , the thepOInted thepointed thepointed pOInted Index finger curled 'I I ' ' I do not notwIsh notwish notwisli wIsh to see your report . Tell me that thatthere thatthere thatthere there has been no hitcho hitch bJtch " ' * ' Iso 1\0 1 0 \o o \ hitch hltch " "Very Very " good I am perhaps foolishbut foo115h foolish , , but In London everything ever overs thing went wrong wrongSInce wrongSince wrongSince SInce this Is our bIggestventure biggest bIggest- - ' venture , I Ithought Ithought Ithought thought that the auguries were unfa unfavorable unfavorable unfavorable vorable " Across the coarse but handsome fea- fea features fea features features - - moment3rycloud tures of ot the : Egyptian Lgyptlan a moment3ry momentary momentarycloud momentarycloud cloud passed p'l.ssed pl.ssed plssed ' . , Its passage Instantly detected de detected detected tected by those nearly closed eyes otYu'nn ofYu'an of ot Yu'nn Yunn Yu'an Yuan ' Bee Hee See "You You " You also have been disturbed dlsturbed ? " The voice was very soft but incredIbly Incred Incredlbly incredIbly lbly Ibly high"No high high"No high"No "No No " , no , Excellency .ellency ellency < . 1 I In InAswami " Aswami Aswaml forced forceda a smile smUe "One One " of the men rather ratheralarmed ratheralarmed ratheralarmed alarmed me on the night we met In inPans InParJs inParis ParJs Paris " . "It It " was the Scotsman ? He must be bewatched bewatched bewatched watched watchedo " " "No No " 1\0 1 0 \o o \ , , not Maclles Mashes . . . I distrust him himonly himonly himonly only onlyben when \\ben ben \ ' \ he Is sober Also , I have havearranged havearranged havearranged arranged to replace him If ! f necessary . . But necessary.But necessaryBut Kid hId Brown Drown exchanged words with witha a stranger downstairs in the restau restaurant restaurant restaurant rant . He lie went down \ with \ ith Franz Har- Har Hartob Hartog Har-tog Har tog - - tob tog , our second engineer engmeer , whom he had hadthrashed thrashed hadthrashed for a brea breach .h h < . of orders And Andthis Andthis this Andthis stranger , except for some RussIan RussIanIdiots Russianidiots RussianIdiots Idiots idiots , , was the only person In the therestaurant therestaurant therestaurant restaurant . Too late , he reported the thematter thematter thematter matter to me , admitting ndmltUng that thnt he may bave have mayhave maybave been Indiscreet . . " There was a momentary silence ; then * ' ' SeeIn "Ilepeat Ilepeat "Uepeat Uepeat "Repeat Repeat " to me , " said Yu'an Yuan ' Hee Bee See , -In In "In - " whathe "hathe In the tlle man's mans ' own words , exactly exnctly "hat hat what " he reported to you . , Including his dp- dp d-- d dpscrIption dscrlption de description - - - scription scrlption of this stranger " . . . . . . . , Those desperatels desperatel desperately drab streets whIch Jead lead whichlead whIchJead from the docks at Marseilles larsellles to the citywere tothe more habitable quarters of ot the city were several Inches deep In an un unpleasant unpleasant unpleasant pleasant kind hind of ot light scllow yellow cllow mud The mudThe buildings were sere \ \ ere yellowIsli scllow ello " Ish , ; ray ; the sky was of this muddy comple"tion completion compleefon " complexionalso comple"tionalso compleefonalso also also"Simply complexionalso"Simply " pigsty"EUeen pigstyEUeen "Simply Simply too unbelievably unbellev.lbly unbellevlbly . pIgsty , " EUeen Eileen declared , as the taxi ta:1 ta1 : ! floundercd floundered flounderedand floundercdand and thumped tbumped through the mor1SS morass morass"And morassAnd mor1SS"And "And And " And ' I'm Im lm ' real sorry I smarted btarted started " "That's Thats " ' rather mean of you , Elleen Eileen , " , "said said " saId Jack Rattray . , the first officer , smllln smiling officersmiling his slow smile "Don't Dont " ' you thInk youthink so , , doctor tctor7 factor , ) ? " " Doctor iJestler tiestler estler patted Elleen's Elleens Eileen's Eileens ' arm armsoothln armsoothingly armsoothingly soothln soothingly ly . "At At " least . , Miss Kearney , " , ; " he saId , , said"It saidIt Ult "it it " mal makes es a small cnange change We 1Ve shall shallnot shallnot shallnot not be ashore again until untl1 " - we se e re'1ch re1ch re'tcli retcli ' Port reachPore re'1chPort re'tcliPort Said Yes ? And what does It Itmatter itmatter Itmatter matter , , this mud and the gras gray gra shy sky ? IT Ha skyHa . ? Presently vv \ we \ e a shall sll'111 sll111 shill ' be convh eonvis convivialwith Inl Ial Inlwith Ialwith with a little l1ttle coc1-.tall- coc1.tall coc1 .tall tall cocktail- cocktail coc1.tallba cocktailha cocktail - . - ha ba ? And Itmakes It Itm'1kes itmakes m'1kes m1kes makes ' a small change ch.me chme . ; : " languidThe laugtH.dThe laugnidThe Eileen Jleen turned to him and laugtH.d laugtHd laugnid . The outstanding outst'lndlng outstlndlng ' chaiactenstic chmacterlstlC characteristic of the the.Aust.r1an th thAustrian theAustrian e .Aust.r1an Aust.r1an Austr1an Austrian . . doctor , as ft'3 ft3 ag ' she had discov dIscov- - . I I ( I I I I IBred _ : ' " 4 < \ . I1r- I1r I1rcrcd - ' ered crcd Bred luring during ( their short acquant'llnce acquantllnce acquantglnce acquantalncewas ' , was his astonlsliing astonIshIng quality of soothIngThe soothingThe soothing soothingThey Thepre The They The\ The \ ' , pre presently ently reached re'1cl1ed re1cl1ed re'rched't rerchedt ' ' ' a 1 ' . hotel , tinnedInto tUlned turned tUlnedInto turnedinto Into the little lIttJe lounge on the right rlght of ofthe ofthe ofthe the door , and sat S'lt Slt ' down don do\\ do \ n at ltable a l\ l \ table"Good table"Good table table"Good "Good Good " Lord Lordi I ' ' said s'lld slld sold ' nieeu rlleen "I I "Ihcre'sthat Ihcresthat " 1 here'sthat here's heres here'sth'lt ' th'lt thlt that ' gh'l.t1yoffi'1nwlth gha&tly ghatly gh'l.t1y ghl.t1y ghlt1y ghastly ' & : . \\offi'1n-wlth offi'1n offi1n wlth women-with women with \ woman \ ' - with the chief chieft ' " \ Near 1\e:1r 1 e:1r e1r hear : a pillar plllnr leaning le.wlng lewlng . very Hry sery ? close together to together togethcr gether across a n small table t'1btE t1btE ' ' , a \ were ere thechief the thechIef thechief chIef en engineer Ineer of the Wallaroo W'llhroo Wllhroo 1Vglhroo ' and abie n a abi 1) 1 bi ) , ; , dark d'1r1 d1r1 d'irh dirh ' ' . % woman "om'ln omln iomgn " ' , , nppu appaiently ! ently half h'llf hllf h'ilf hilf ' ' cll&te cllte caste ca&tchandsome catchandsome & , , h'lndcome hlndcome h'indcoinc hindcoinc ' ' : in her:1) her " - was -:1) :1) 1 way : ) . , but of a u gener generousl generousl3 gcncrousts ousl ousl3 curving cursing cun mg figure not strictiv strlctlv strictly fish fishIonible ( fashionable 'Ish Ish 'Ish10n'1l ' 10n'1l 10n1l Ionible ' . > le Ionible'Good , ' Good 'Good old Corl Cork Corkv \ ' , , ' , ' ' said Jack JncJ . HaUl Rattias'no's Rattiasnos ltatti'i ltattii 1) 1 1)'Hes ' ' 5 ) 'He\s 'He He s ' ' Ile \ + ' s a n last fnst fast fnstor.cr \\or.cr or.cr w \ worker \ orlcr ] . , He Hes s w " well "ell ell ell a\\'t a 't t aw as \ \ i ' iswith WJth with the lion Uon tamer t'1mer t1mer tginer ' " , ' Look Lool . w \ vvhos \ hos ho s ; beret here ' , " . : Eilocn Jllcen Eileen ex exchImed exchimed exclaimed exclaimedDoctor chImed chImedDoctor Doctor Oe Oe- Oe Oetler OetJer . , - > tler and Jack Jach n'lttrn nlttrn Rittra RUlrasstared ' ) } st'1red st1red st'ired stired ' ' across the lounge their 'lbeIr lbeIr Zheir ' popular pop- pop popular - ' | ular fellotr'1 fellow fello\\ fello \ tr'1\ tr'1 tr1 traveler tr'1eler tr's trs ' ' \ eler elerIr , , Mr \Ir Ir : \ Durham Durh'l\l1 Durh'l Durhl l1 ' \ , , wascrossing was wascro.lng wascros&Ing wascrosIng cro.lng crolng crossing : . & : . to them"Ha them"iln them them"Ha "Ha Ha "iln iln " ' ' " ' cried Doctbi Doctbl Oestler "It It " is Isour Isour , our ' Mr 'Ir Ir Durh im lID He lIe is leaving le'lV111g lelV111g ' us- us usyes usyes us usyes - ? ' ' yes ? "Yes Yes " " Rattrav Rattr'lV RattrlV Iiattriv ' confirmed "I I " should shouldme shouldlike shouldlike me like , to hm has have e a final \ word \ ord with wItb himbefore hIm hImbefore himbefore before I go back b1cl to tlic the ship stup siup " "He He " never neer ne\ ne ties \ er even said s'1ld s1ld ' good b bv In ' , to me me"Eileen meEileen , , " Eileen lleen comphlnedDut comphinedBut complained comphlned comphined complainedBut But Dut Durham 'h h ' ' "hid hid 'b'td btd " id ' joined them no"Doctor now no\\ no \ \ . " "Doctor Doctor " : and md \ Mr 1\Ir 1 Ir . Rattrav n'1ttrm n1ttrm Rgttras ' , , " he s'ud sud scud s'ud"I scud"I said"I saidI ' "I I " hope sou you ou will W1U [ cake 11e rake , a n stirrup stlr'up stlrup } ' cup cuppresen cuppresently cuppresently presen presently tly Miss IIss Kearne KearneIf Kearney-if Kearney if Kearnes , -If If - If your yourfrIends yourfriends yourfriends frIends can spare sou ou for a moment- moment moment momentI - I have h'lve hlve Bane ' a prisate priv prh ate message mC.S.1ge mCS.1ge mCS1ge : . . foi fOl for you ButI But ButJ ButI J I shan't shant ' ' , . detain y sou ou moreth more th * "h h " in III twominutes two twommutes twominutes mmutes minutes " . They Tlley left the house and wall walked ed upstairs up upsta1rs upstairs sta1rs stairs , to where "here here " , upon a ft se seit 1 t In an ana1co"e analcove analcove a1co\"e a1co "e e alcove \ " outside the dining dmlng room , , a manwas man manwas manwas was wmUng waiting wniHn ? A soft oft brown hat har and a I white raincoat las lay la beside him"Oh him"Oh him him"Oh "Oh Oh " I t ' " Eileen Blleen gaspe gasped , , and nnd clutched clutchedDurh.lm's clutchedDurham's clutchedDurham's clutchedDurhams Durh.lm's Durh.lms Durhlms Durham's Durhams . ' aim alm Her face f'1ce f1ce fgce ' grew sud suddenly suddenly suddenly denly pale Then this pallor pa1Jor was wasswept wasswept wasswept I swept by a swift colorDawson colorDawson color colorDawson Dawson Haig Hlllg stood up "I I " ha\Cn't ha Cn't Cnt has haven'tfrightened haventfrightened \ en't ent en'tfrightened ' frIghtened sou you ou , , Eileen LJleen : ? I couldn't couldnt couldn'tthln1 couldn'tthink couldn'tthink couldntthink ' ' thln1 think . of any other way . . , : . " ' . . . . . . . When Mr Franz rranz Hartog came cnme on onboard onboard onboard board the Wallaroo at Maiseilles Mauellles Marseilles to totake totake totake take possession of his cabin on Ddeck D Ddech Ddeck dech deck ( both berths In which whlcli had been beenresen beenreserved beenresersed resen resersed ed In London ) , , through |