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"Poor fellow!" said I, "it were better we had left hi oblivion, it e of scene"

"Sir," said the Preacher, laying his hand uponis unnatural; you are in soht aid you, be your friend--know you better--"

"Oh, sir! that is easily done I a,

sober, and useful to my fellows; they call me Peter Svery little for

it I was studious, egotistical, and pedantic, wasting my time

upon impossible translations that nobody wanted--and they knew me

as--Peter Vibart"

"Vibart!" exclai up at me

"Vibart!" I nodded

"Related in any way to--Sir Maurice Vibart?"

"His cousin, sir" My co at his eain

"Do you happen to know Sir Maurice?" I inquired

"No," returned the Preacher; "no, sir, but I have heard h just when, or where, I cannot for the

life of reat many people," said I; "you

see, he is rather a famous character, in his way"