The Girl from Hong-Kong: A Story of Adventure Under Five Suns — page 113: what you’re looking at

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THE GIRL FROM HONG-KONG: 107 thinking only of one arbiter of my fate. Tellme plainly, Miss Doris, if you go Russia wilf you object to my company ?”’ . There is no dodging that. She looks down—they are standing ontside the inn, and the street is close by where people pass and repass, with the sun beating: down on the white dust. ‘“Why should I? You have saved my life, and f appreciate the valne of such a friend. If you takes notion to visit St. Petersburg I shall be pleased to see something of you as we journey.” “But would it matter at all to you whether I went or remained here?’ he persists. Doris sees the danger. She loves him, but is not-yet ready to capitulate. The old prejudice against a homely face has not yet been entirely eradicated, and hence she skillfully parries the question. | “Mr, Donahue, I am always sorry to say good-by to my friends. Besides, if I remember aright, you said you had started on a junketing tour that might take you around the world. Look at that spectacle over on the road to the heart of the city—is it not a sight.to haunt one at some future day when idly dreaming in some Parisian café or loitering about Londot’s noisy streets? Mark the procession, the picturesque ragged herpars by