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"Exactly; you know him, sir?"

"No," I answered, "but I have seen hiain to stop this duel is an ian, and paused Now, as his eyes ers, and lay all unheeded "Do

you ain stopped

"Yes," said I, "I mean that you are too late Sir Jasper was

killed at a place called Deepdene Wood, no longer since than

to-day at half-past seven in theat

the ti moment Mr Beverley stood silent with bent head, then,

apparently beco with a sudden kick, and watched it describe a wide parabola

ere it disappeared into the ditch, some yards away Which done,

he walked after it, and returned, brushing it very carefully with

his ragged cuff

"And--you are sure--quite sure, Mr Vibart?" he inquired, sreatest solicitude

"I stood behind a hedge, and watched it done," said I

"Then--rine

Beverley of Burnhaht banneret of Kent, and Justice of the Peace! How utterly

preposterous it all sounds! But to-day I begin life anew, ah, yes,

a new life, a new life! To-day all things are possible again!

The fool has learned wisdom, and, I hope, become a et back to our ditch, and,