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"Youmustbehaveyourself,dear.Mr.MaloneisaPressman.Hewillhaveitallinhisragtomorrow,andsellanextradozenamongourneighbors.‘Strangestoryofhighlife’—youfeltfairlyhighonthatpedestal,didyounot?Thenasub-title,‘Glimpseofasingularmenage.’He’safoulfeeder,isMr.Malone,acarrioneater,likeallofhiskind—porcusexgregediaboli—aswinefromthedevil’sherd.That’sit,Malone—what?"
"Youarereallyintolerable!"saidI,hotly.
Hebellowedwithlaughter.
"Weshallhaveacoalitionpresently,"heboomed,lookingfromhiswifetomeandpuffingouthisenormouschest.Then,suddenlyalteringhistone,"Excusethisfrivolousfamilybadinage,Mr.Malone.Icalledyoubackforsomemoreseriouspurposethantomixyouupwithourlittledomesticpleasantries.Runaway,littlewoman,anddon’tfret."Heplacedahugehanduponeachofhershoulders."Allthatyousayisperfectlytrue.IshouldbeabettermanifIdidwhatyouadvise,butIshouldn’tbequiteGeorgeEdwardChallenger.Thereareplentyofbettermen,mydear,butonlyoneG.E.C.Somakethebestofhim."Hesuddenlygaveheraresoundingkiss,whichembarrassedmeevenmorethanhisviolencehaddone."Now,Mr.Malone,"hecontinued,withagreataccessionofdignity,"thisway,ifYOUplease."
Were-enteredtheroomwhichwehadleftsotumultuouslytenminutesbefore.TheProfessorclosedthedoorcarefullybehindus,motionedmeintoanarm-chair,andpushedacigar-boxundermynose.
"RealSanJuanColorado,"hesaid."Excitablepeoplelikeyouarethebetterfornarcotics.Heavens!don’tbiteit!Cut—andcutwithreverence!
