Mrs. de La Rue Smythe - Tapa blanda

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898. Excerpt: ... XII. On Love and Matrimony "TT's pork, I tell you!" "And I tell you it isn't. It's a South African gold mine!" Now I have been told, and have frequently been forced to realize, that appearances are deceitful, but I think I can tell the difference between these two articles mentioned; so I stopped short, in passing through the club smoking-room, and sat down by the two men who were disputing. "Don't fight," I said; " I 'll give you a diagnosis free of charge. Gold mines, especially when falling, produce a jaundiced appearance, while pork" Becker and Lee, the two men concerned, scoffed at me, and Becker called me a jolly old humbug. It is one of my greatest trials, this determination on the part of many not to take me seriously. "I daresay he knows, though," said Lee, surveying me critically. "Bet you he doesn't!" said Becker; and when I had modestly selected a lemon squash as my drink, it was decided that the man who was wrong in his estimate of my knowledge should pay for it. "Proceed, gentlemen," I said, lighting a cigarette as an aid to judicial impartiality. "Been to see your friend Mrs. Smythe lately?" asked Becker. "Don't forget the De la Rue," added Lee, and they waited impatiently while I sipped my lemon squash and thought the matter over. Had I been to see Mrs. De la Rue Smythe lately? I pondered, and to my surprise found that I hadn't. She had instructed me further but once, since the day when, if I may say so, diamonds had damned her. (I use the term with apologies to Mr. William Watson and Abdul Hamid, who may perhaps consider it copyright.) "I Ve not seen the lady lately," I acknowledged; "not for six weeks, in fact." "Told you so," said Becker, chuckling; and Lee, seeming to think that settled the matter, paid for my lemon squash. "Now tell m...