W. Somerset Maugham
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The hotel was in flames.
Mr Popeweed was promptly on hand, and tore madly into the burning pile.
Whence he soon emerged with a nude female.
Depositing her tenderly upon a pile of hot bricks, he mocked his steaming front with his warm coat tail.
Now, Mrs.
Pokeweed, said he, where will I be most likely to find the children?
They will naturally wish to get out.
The lady assumed a stiffly vertical attitude, and with freezing dignity replied in the words following
Sir, you have saved my life.
I presume you are entitled to my thanks.
If you are likewise solicitous regarding the fate of the person you have mentioned, you had better go back and prospect round till you find her.
She would probably be delighted to see you.
But while I have a character to maintain unsullied, you shall not stand there and call me Mrs.
Pokeweed.
Just then the front wall toppled outwards.
and pokeweed cleared the street at a single bound.
He never learned what became of the strange lady.
And to the day of his death he professed an indifference that was simply brutal.
End of chapter thirty two
Chapter thirty three
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