Mrs. Bob: A Novel — page 103: what you’re looking at

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MONSIEUR MERLE, THE WIZARD. 95 over you sall be taken into my confidence and learn ze great secret.”’ ‘‘Oh! I’m not so particular—such bliss ought to satisfy me. It isn’t the means, so much as the end that I seek, though, of course, they must be hon- orable.”’ ‘‘Bah! is zere anything wrong here—you ask ze lady to marry you—she accept. You press an early hour and say zere are business reasons; begar, she hold back a leetle, you persist, and she finally con- sent, my best of friend.’? Dhough to himself Bob is saying: ‘‘Married in twenty -four hours—it takes my breath away and this sly rascal has a deep, a very deep and dark game about him which I must learn the nature of before it is too late. I shall be a proud man to have Gypsy for my own, but if by such an act I bring trouble upon her head, I should never forgive myself. Wherefore, Bob Pemberton, it be- hooves you to go slow and learn what the ‘motif? back of this may be.”’ ‘And remember, I am to be ze legal representative of ze firm after ze consolidation—zat is to be my pay,’’ comes in the peculiar voice of the lawyer. ‘Certainly.’ ‘‘Zere will be no such scenes as we have just wit- nessed. Mees Gordon will have a OSE who can stand up for her.’’ “T was just about to sail into him when she appeared on the scene.”’ ‘““Tndeed—from zat I infer zat you know he have made what you call an appointment wif her?”’ GCoOmicbdooks (C©) im