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"It is the best hempen cord," said Villiers, "just as it used to be made for the old trade, the man told me. Not an inch of jute from end to end." IT IS THE BEST TEMPERAN CORD SAID VILLIERS JUST AS IT USED TO BE MADE FOR THE OLD TRADE THE MAN TOLD ME NOT AN INCH OF JUDE FROM END TO END
f and could walk in and ask for it in a cool voice and with a calm face. I think there must even then have been a tremor in my words, for the old man who came out of the back parlour, and fumbled slowly amongst his goods, looked oddly at me as he tied the parcel. I paid what he asked, and stood leaning by the counter, with a strange reluctance to take up my goods and go. I asked about the business, and learnt that trade was bad and the profits cut down sadly; but then the street was not what it was before traffic had been diverted, but that was done forty years ago, ‘just before my father died,’ he said. I got away at last, and walked along sharply; it was a dismal street indeed, and I was glad to return to the bustle and the noise. Would you like to see my purchase?” Austin said nothing, but nodded his head slightly; he still looked white and sick. Villiers pulled out a drawer in the bamboo table, and showed Austin a long coil of cord, hard and new; and at one end was a running noose. S BEFORE I HAD STEADIED MYSELF AND COULD WALK IN AND ASK FOR IT IN A COOL VOICE AND WITH A CALM FACE I THINK THERE MUST EVEN THEN HAVE BEEN A TREMOR IN MY WORDS FOR THE OLD MAN WHO CAME OUT OF THE BACK PARLOUR AND FUMBLED SLOWLY AMONGST HIS GOODS LOOKED ODDLY AT ME AS HE TIED THE PARCEL I PAID WHAT HE ASKED AND STOOD LEANING BY THE COUNTER WITH A STRANGE RELUCTANCE TO TAKE UP MY GOODS AND GO I ASKED ABOUT THE BUSINESS AND LEARNT THAT TRADE WAS BAD AND THE PROFITS CUT DOWN SADLY BUT THEN THE STREET WAS NOT WHAT IT WAS BEFORE TRAFFIC HAD BEEN DIVERTED BUT THAT WAS DONE FORTY YEARS AGO JUST BEFORE MY FATHER DIED HE SAID I GOT AWAY AT LAST AND WALKED ALONG SHARPLY IT WAS A DISMAL STREET INDEED AND I WAS GLAD TO RETURN TO THE BUSTLE AND THE NOISE WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE MY PURCHASE AUSTIN SAID NOTHING BUT NODDED HIS HEAD SLIGHTLY HE STILL LOOKED WHITE AND SICK VILLIERS PULLED OUT A DRAWER IN THE BAMBOO TABLE AND SHOWED AUSTIN A LONG COIL OF CORD HARD AND NEW AND AT ONE END WAS A RUNNING NOOSE
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