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Here is the key to the central compartment, if you will be kind enough to point out the other one. Dear, dear!" Margaret concluded, languidly, "all this is quite like a third rate melodrama. I haven't the least doubt you will discover a will in there in your favour, and be reinstated as the long lost heir and all that sort of thing. How tiresome that will be for me, though." HERE IS THE KEY TO THE CENTRAL COMPARTMENT IF YOU'LL BE KIND ENOUGH TO POINT OUT THE OTHER ONE DEAR DEAR MARGARET CONCLUDED LANGUIDLY ALL THIS IS QUITE LIKE A THIRD RATE MELODRAMA I HAVEN'T THE LEAST DOUBT YOU'LL DISCOVER A WILL IN THERE IN YOUR FAVOUR AND BE REINSTATED AS THE LONG LOST AIR AND ALL THAT SORT OF THING HOW TIRESOME THAT WILL BE FOR ME THOUGH
f the room--the study at Selwoode is panelled in very dark oak, and the doors and windows are screened with crimson hangings--her parti-coloured red-and-yellow gown might have been a scrap of afterglow left over from an unusually fine sunset. In a word, Miss Hugonin was a very quaint and colourful and delectable figure as she came a little further into the room. Her eyes shone like blue stars, and her hair shone--there must be pounds of it, Billy thought--and her very shoulders, plump, flawless, ineffable, shone with the glow of an errant cloud-tatter that is just past the track of dawn, and is therefore neither pink nor white, but manages somehow to combine the best points of both colours. "Ah, indeed?" said Miss Hugonin. Her tone imparted a surprising degree of chilliness to this simple remark. "No," she went on, very formally, "this is not a private room; you owe me no apology for being here. Indeed, I am rather obliged to you, Mr. Woods, for none of us knew of these secret drawers. ME EXCUSE IN THE SOFT ROSY TWILIGHT OF THE ROOM THE STUDY AT SELLWOOD IS PANELLED IN VERY DARK OAK AND THE DOORS AND WINDOWS ARE SCREENED WITH CRIMSON HANGINGS HER PARTI COLOURED RED AND YELLOW GOWN MIGHT HAVE BEEN A SCRAP OF AFTERGLOW LEFT OVER FOR AN UNUSUALLY FINE SUNSET IN A WORD MISS HUGON WAS A VERY QUAINT AND COLORFUL AND DELECTABLE FIGURE AS SHE CAME A LITTLE FURTHER INTO THE ROOM HER EYES SHONE LIKE BLUE STARS AND HER HAIR SHONE THERE MUST BE POUNDS OF IT BILLY THOUGHT AND HER VERY SHOULDERS PLUMP FLAWLESS INEFFABLE SHONE WITH THE GLOW OF AN ARRANT CLOUD TATTER THAT IS JUST PAST THE TRACK OF DAWN AND IS THEREFORE NEITHER PINK NOR WHITE BUT SOMEHOW MANAGES TO COMBINE THE BEST POINTS OF BOTH COLOURS AH INDEED SAID MISS YGONAN HER TONE IMPARTED A SURPRISING DEGREE OF CHILLINESS TO THIS SIMPLE REMARK NO SHE WENT ON VERY FORMALLY THIS IS NOT A PRIVATE ROOM YOU OWE ME NO APOLOGY FOR BEING HERE INDEED I AM RATHER OBLIGED TO YOU MISTER WOODS FOR NONE OF US KNEW OF THOSE SECRET DRAWERS
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