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If Mr Vance had not made coats for Sir Peter for thirty years, he had

ed to

gossip

"Yes, yes, Thorneytoft Very good property And a very good sort too, old

Mr Tyson"

"A little peculiar, I'm told"

"Well--perhaps I had not enerally respected I know his nephew, Mr Nevill

Tyson--slightly"

Sir Peter would have died rather than ask a direct question, but he was

wildly curious as to Mr Nevill Tyson's antecedents

An illu smile spread over Mr Vance's face

"I rester His father chucked the

business, and set up as a Baptist minister--a Particular Baptist"

"Indeed"

"An uncommonly clever fellow, Nevill Tyson; sharp as needles But they

couldn't bring hih for hiine"

"Well--no It wasn't a house with any standing in his ti but a 'Varsity education suited his

book"

"Ah, that always tells"

"His father was veryrascal And just

when he was at the top of the tree, as you oodness knohere"