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"Is he quite gone away?"

"Oh, I trust so," he answered, with an effort to throw as much sober

unconcern into his tone as possible!

But in truth Mr Bulstrode was very far from a state of quiet trust

In the interview at the Bank, Raffles had erness to torreed

He had frankly said that he had turned out of the way to come to

Middlehborhood

would suit him to live in He had certainly had a few debts to pay

one yet: a

cool five-and-twenty would suffice hio aith for the present

What he had wanted chiefly was to see his friend Nick and family, and

know all about the prosperity of a ht coer stay This time Raffles

declined to be "seen off the premises," as he expressed it--declined to

quit Middleo by coach the

next day--if he chose

Bulstrode felt hi could

avail: he could not count on any persistent fear nor on any promise

On the contrary, he felt a cold certainty at his heart that

Raffles--unless providence sent death to hinder hi And that certainty was a terror