The Craze of Christina — page 194: what you’re looking at

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190 The Craze of Christina. ‘““Yes, I’ve had a letter from him.”’ ‘*He wrote himself? well, I never! looks as if he didn’t care a straw.”’ ‘I don’t believe he does,’’ said Mr.’Scrubb, stroking his chin thoughtfully ‘‘he wrote quite cheerfully.”’ ‘Good heavens! do you think his mind, sir——’”’ “Oh, his mind is right enough, Docker.”’ ‘‘What can possess him then? It looks to me nothing short of madness to throw away a sum of money like that! Do you think he’s laid up with fever or something or other?”’ ‘Not a bit of it,’’ and Mr. Scrubb laughed a little as he referred to the letter he had just taken out of his writing-table drawer. ‘‘Mr. Clifford goes out of his way to remark that he is perfectly well!’’ *‘Then what on earth can it be, sir?”’ “Tll tell you wbat I think it is, Docker—a woman!”’ | Docker nearly jumped off his chair. ‘‘Good Lord, sir! how ’orrible!’’ he eried in genuine dismay. ‘What ever can make you think such a hawful thing!’’ and Docker’s “‘h’s,’’ as they always did in moments of ex- tremo excitement, became somewhat nepenen? mixed up. Comichooks.co