Suddenlythewaiterseemedtogrowinarticulationwitharushofwords.
"Ithink,"hestutteredeagerly,"Ithinkitisthosetwoclergy-men."
"Whattwoclergymen?"
"Thetwoclergymen,"saidthewaiter,"thatthrewsoupatthewall."
"Threwsoupatthewall?"repeatedValentin, feelingsurethismustbesomesingularItalianmetaphor.
"Yes, yes,"saidtheattendantexcitedly, andpointedatthedarksplashonthewhitepaper,"threwitoverthereonthewall."
Valentinlookedhisqueryattheproprietor, whocametohisrescuewithfullerreports.
"Yes, sir,"hesaid,"it'squitetrue, thoughIdon', , respectablepeople;oneofthempaidthebillandwentout;theother, whoseemedaslowercoachaltogether, , theinstantbeforehesteppedintothestreethedeliberatelypickeduphiscup, whichhehadonlyhalfemptied, , andsowasthewaiter;'tdoanyparticulardamage, butitwasconfoundedcheek;;IonlynoticedtheywentroundthenextcornerintoCarstairsStreet."
Thedetectivewasonhisfeet, ;, hewassoonswingingroundintotheotherstreet.
-frontwentbyhimlikeamereflash;'s, , , onwhichwaswritteninbold, bluechalk,"Besttangerineoranges, twoapenny."Ontheorangeswastheequallyclearandexactdeion,"FinestBrazilnuts,."Valentinlookedatthesetwoplacardsandfanciedhehadmetthishighlysubtleformofhumourbefore, -facedfruiterer, whowaslookingrathersullenlyupanddownthestreet, , , leaningelegantlyonhiswalking-cane, ,"Prayexcusemyapparentirrelevance, mygoodsir, butIshouldliketoaskyouaquestioninexperimentalpsychologyandtheassociationofideas."
