“They were not friendly,” admitted Wilfred, looking anxious. “There was a disagreement about my brother’s marriage. But, come now, my brother hasn’t anything to do with the affair?” “Well,” said Woke, pinching his chubby chin, “it’s just this way, sir. I have been making inquiries, and I find that your brother and the deceased had …
“And have you no vegetable fibres,” I said, “that are used for weaving?” “Oh yes,” she answered, “several. The outer dress I wear indoors is made of a fibre found inside the rind of the fruit of the algyro tree, and the stalks of three or four different kinds of plants afford materials almost equally …
‘Then perhaps,’ Lavendale’s acquaintance suggested, ‘we’d better be getting along.’ The Hamlin Trio, at the other end of the piazza, suddenly ceased their labours, made a collective bow and disappeared. The 佛山夜生活最热闹的地方 newspaper men still lingered, looking longingly at the bolted window. Mrs. Moreton shook her head. ‘Just leave him alone for a little time,’ …