"No; I will have an upright one." Then, sitting composedly down on the
one her son placed for her, she said--
"And now to business. But let me first tell you that the Mayor was told,
twenty years ago, all the more important part of what you will now hear.
He does not yet know what has happened within the last few hours, but
either you or I will tell him to-morrow."
CHAPTER IX: INTERVIEW BETWEEN YRAM AND HER SON
"What did you think of Panky?"
"I could not make him out. If he had not been a Bridgeford Professor I
might have liked him; but you know how we all of us distrust those
people."
"Where did you meet him?"
"About two hours lower down than the statues."
"At what o'clock?"
"It might be between two and half-past."
"I suppose he did not say that at that hour he was in bed at his hotel in
Sunch'ston. Hardly! Tell me what passed between you."
"He had his permit open before we were within speaking distance. I think
he feared I should attack him without making sure whether he was a
foreign devil or no. I have told you he said he was Professor Panky."
"I suppose he had a dark complexion and black hair like the rest of us?"
"Dark complexion and hair purplish rather than black. I was surprised to
see that his eyelashes were as light as my own, and his eyes were blue
like mine--but you will have noticed this at dinner.
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