So much heart-breaking labour under the burning sun thrown away for
nothing; the dreary work to commence afresh, almost from the beginning!
Had the thief been any ordinary one, the denunciation would have
been unbounded; but no one lifted his tongue very loudly against Mary
Musgrave. Yet mounted men were despatched on the three trails to bring
back the booty if possible, and the rest moved dejectedly toward their
old club. The greasy Jew did not attempt to conceal his exultation. He
served his customers with his wicked old face glowing with smiles, and
when a moment's breathing-time came he observed:
"We all 'az hour lettle surbrizes in dis wairld, an' I most confaiss I
am asdonished myself to lairn that Mess Mosgrave is a thief--" But here
a crashing among the glassware announced that Tommy Dartmoor had begun
shooting with his left hand, and Herr Gustave sputtered out from behind
the fingers he held before his face, "Ach Gott! I say nozzing more!"
GREGORIO, By Percy Hemingway
I--AT THE PARADISO
The Cafe Paradiso was full of people, for the inhabitants of Alexandria
had dined, and the opera season was over.
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