Darke Darrell, the Boy Detective — page 147: what you’re looking at

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138 DARKE DARRELL. ‘pared to depart. ‘I can call again. Or perhaps you would be so kind as to give me his address?” «That is impossible.” ‘‘Why?” and Leotine stared. ‘Because he is at one place in one hour and some- where else the next.” ‘©T meant his address here,” Leotine said. ‘‘ The new house to which he has recently moved,” ‘I beg your pardon,” Mr. Marks said. ‘‘I’ll pencil the address on this card. You will find his mother there.” | Leotine took the card, thanked him, and left the ~ office. - A handsome, self-possessed, vivacious little thing,” Mr. Marks thought. ‘‘ Who can she be?” He lifted his hand to his brow, then quickly with- drew it. ‘‘ Bless me if I do not believe it is the little Italian girl,” he thought, ‘‘and Darke hunting all over New York for her. Perhaps she will call at his mother’s.” He hurried to the window. «‘Some one has joined her across the street,” he said, to himself. Such was the case. Leotine had scarcely left the office ere she found her- self face to face with Mr. Kendrick. ‘‘Can this be you, Leotine?” he asked. ‘‘ What have you been doing in there?” glancing at the office, and at the sign. ‘* You ran a risk of being arrested.” ““T did not make myself known,” Leotine said. ‘I wanted Darke’s address. It may be necessary for me to write to him some time.” ‘“‘ Hardly,” Mr. Kendrick said, crisply. ‘““I hope you are not offended,” she said, which was quite different from the thoughts which his crisp reply _comicbhooks.com