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"No, sir He was quite busy with his books and papers"

"Humph! We can never be sure of hian are a fine pair, I ht he had some sense, and that you'd see to it

that he didn'tHe's in bed

noith a hole in his aro on

alone"

"I'll do "

"Don't call

our business from the housetops"

"Certainly not," replied Bates huh my head, andto this

colloquy

Pickering's voice was-and is-un softness in it He used to remind

me at school of a sleek, co

"Is Morgan lying or not when he says he shot hi petulantly

"I only knohat I heard froardener here at

the school You'll understand, I hope, that I can't be

seen going to Morgan's house"

"Of course not But he says you haven't played fair

with him, that you even attacked him a few days after

Glenarm came"