"Curio dealers?" he asked.
Japanese letters were printed on one side and English on the other.
[Illustration: S. ITO Attorney of Law]
"Ito, that's the lawyer fellow, who pays the dividends. Did you see him."
"Oh, no, I was much too weary. But he has only just gone. You probably passed him on the stairs."
Geoffrey could only think of the vivid gentleman, who had been talking with Tanaka. The guide was sent for and questioned, but he knew nothing. The gentleman in green had merely stopped to ask him the time.
CHAPTER VIII
THE HALF-CASTE GIRL
Tomarite mo
Tsubasa wa ugoku
Kocho kana!
Little butterfly!
Even when it settles
Its wings are moving.