'I think I'll have another glass,' said he, with a deep voice.

He did take another glass--and also ate another tart.
"'He'll pop to-day as sure as eggs, now he's taken them two glasses of popping powder,' said the girl, as he went out of the shop.

'Well, it's astonishing to me what the men find to be afraid of.' "And so Macassar hastened towards Tavistock Square, all too quickly; for, as he made his way across Great Russell Street, he found that he was very hot.

He leant against the rail, and, taking off his hat and gloves, began to cool himself, and wipe away the dust with his pocket-handkerchief.

'I wouldn't have minded the expense of a cab,' said he to himself, 'only the chances are so much against me: seven to one!' "But he had no time to lose.