[Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich by Stephen Leacock]@TWC D-Link bookArcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich CHAPTER FOUR: The Yahi-Bahi Oriental Society of Mrs 28/51
His drooping Oriental costume made him taller still.
He had a long brown face and liquid brown eyes of such depth that when he turned them full upon the ladies before him a shiver of interest and apprehension followed in the track of his glance. "My dear," said Miss Snagg afterwards, "he seemed simply to see right through us." This was correct.
He did. Mr.Ram Spudd presented a contrast to his superior.
He was short and round, with a dimpled mahogany face and eyes that twinkled in it like little puddles of molasses.
His head was bound in a turban and his body was swathed in so many bands and sashes that he looked almost circular. The clothes of both Mr.Yahi-Bahi and Ram Spudd were covered with the mystic signs of Buddha and the seven serpents of Vishnu. It was impossible, of course, for Mr.Yahi-Bahi or Mr.Ram Spudd to address the audience.
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