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"Stop!" he cried as George turned away

Percy was rattled The crisis found him in two minds On the one

hand, he would have been prepared to take oath that this man before

him was the man who had knocked off his hat in Piccadilly The

likeness had struck hiood

look at the fellow On the other hand, there is nothing which is

more likely to lead one astray than a reseotten the horror and humiliation of the occasion, which had

happened in his fourteenth year, when a ton Station had called him "dearie" and publicly embraced

him, on the erroneous supposition that he was her nephew, Philip

He must proceed cautiously A braith an innocent waiter, co

on the heels of that infernal episode with the police the lower orders had

becoe politely

His brazen front shook Lord Belpher's confidence

"I haven't seen you before here, have I?" was all he could find

to say

"No, sir," replied George smoothly "I am only temporarily attached

to the castle staff"

"Where do you come from?"