nearly midnight before
I 've been given shares in unproven El Doradoes times out of number , and could paper the wall of , say , a good-sized bathroom with the stock certificates -- may do it some day if I ever settle down . But the only gift of that sort that I ever knew to pay dividends , except to the printer of the gilt-edged scrip , is Jeremy 's gold mine ; and you 'll look in vain for any mention of that in the stock exchange lists . The time to get in on that good thing was that night by Mabel Ticknor 's teapot in Jerusalem . It was nearly midnight before we had everything settled , and there was still a lot to do before we could catch the morning train . One thing that Grim did was to take gum and paper and contrive an envelope that looked in the dark sufficiently like the alleged Feisul letter ; and he carried that in his hand as he took to the street , with Narayan Singh following among the shadows within hail . Jeremy and I kept Narayan Singh in sight , for it was possible that Yussuf Dakmar had gathered a gang to waylay whoever might emerge from the house . But he seemed to have had enough of bungling accomplices that night .