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"Then I wish you good-day!"

"But--just think--a 'undred guineas is a fortun'!"

"It is!" said I

"Come, think it over," said the Postilion persuasively, "think it

over, now!"

"Let me fully understand you then," said I; "you propose to pay

uineas on behalf of your master, known heretofore

as Number One, for such information as shall enable him to

discover the whereabouts of a certain person known as Her, Number

Two--is that how the matter stands?"

"Ah! that's 'ow it stands," nodded the Postilion, "the money to

be yours as soon as ever 'e lays 'ands on 'er--is it a go?"

"No!"

"No?"

"No!"