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"Not quite so long ago as that, Sir Peter"

"Must be, must be; you've been here more than thirty years"

Sir Peter prided himself on his memory, and was a stickler for the actual

fact

"I'ed with ret "We were only Binks and Co in those days"

"Nonsense Why, you measured me yourself, Vance"

"An impossibility, sir"

Mr Vance leaned against a pillar of cloth, like one requiring support

in a very painful situation It was agony for hireat It prevailed

"I was in the City then, sir, serving my time at Tyson's"

He dropped his eyes He had crushed Sir Peter with proof, but he was too

polite to be a witness of his discoue uttered the naer followed Vance; it was busy with the loveliest woman in

Leicestershire

Mr Vance smiled "I daresay they know that name pretty well in your

county, sir"

"The nahts, "the

nah, sir"

"Really--" Sir Peter was a little startled this time--"you don't mean to

say--"

"Yes It was a s people, I fancy,

by now Old Mr Tyson left 'ehaht

one of the best properties in your county; is that so, sir?"