“Hallo!” cried another, “there goes Mokesuep!”
“I say, just look; now he is making his bow to the Resident. What a magnificent sweep—his hat almost touches the ground!”
“And what a charming smile the fair Laurentia is giving him.”
“I should rather think so. In that late business of Lim Ho—”
“Come, I say! no scandal if you please!”
“Scandal you call it; why, all Santjoemeh is talking about it!”
“Mokesuep,” cried another, “won’t go and pay Grenits a visit, I bet!”
“He had better not show his nose there; he would find himself in queer street, I fancy!”
“Yes, that he would; and no more than he deserves—the scoundrel!”
“Look at him now, shaking hands with the Assistant Resident.”