The Girl from Hong-Kong: A Story of Adventure Under Five Suns — page 198: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

‘Le THE GIRL ‘FROM HONGKONG. “Tt waa not hefe—not‘in St. Petersburg, or Russia.” : “Ah! perhaps in ‘Paria or London; then?” * | “No, much further than ‘that. “You were at thé’ tine enjoying the ‘hospitality of: my father’s house. It was some years. ago, and I was only a ‘girl of fifteen, but rT have never forgotten Peter Smolensko.”’ | The man begiris to be strangely stirred. ‘‘Where—where was this?’ he asks. * “In Hong-Kong.” ‘‘What! then you are——” ‘ “Tam Doris Evans.” “"Smolensko appears ‘to be deeply affected, though- Terry cannot for the life of him understand why he should of necessity cast that sudden glance around that must be born of a deadly fear. | ' pe has met Doris under pleasant -auspices in the past —why need the presence of his old friend’s daughter arouse such feelings in his breast? ‘‘You—Doris—Evans,”’ he replies in his confusion,. with staring eyes glued upon” her—so might a wretch look upon the accusing hand of justice that is stretched out to clutch his shoulder, though Térry fancies there is also something of the sullen glare with which a wolf at bay faces its enemies. - 7 . She at once lays his strange’ hesitanéy to another cause, and begins to hastily explain, to prove hr iten- comicbooks.com