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62 he answered, with some amount of pride at his successful diplomacy.

“But what about Miss Hyacinth herself?”

“She! Oh, she will be only too honoured to wed with the English sir.”

How strange Mousmé’s easy compliance with my wishes appears to me. But I accept Kotmasu’s statement gratefully, for at least it relieves my anxiety.

I laugh quite light-heartedly; it is all so delightfully easy. And when I have had a smoke, after Kotmasu has drunk my health comically thrice over in whiskey saké and departed, I turn in and fall asleep, thinking that he is really a very good fellow.