17/22 "O Boy, whiskey _Ho-lan suey, fai di_!" Away bounded the boy marker like a tennis-ball. "Comes and goes like a ghost." "It is his Chinese wife," declared Chantel, preening his moustache. "He is always ashame to meet the new persons." "Poor old chap," said Heywood. "I know--feels himself an outcast and all that. Humph! With us! Quite unnecessary."-- The Chinese page, quick, solemn, and noiseless, glided round the table with his tray.--"Ah, you young devil! You're another weird one, you atom. |