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anything--but I did"

"Oh, surely not--"

"That theer letter," said Mr Shrig impressively, "vas wrote you by

a certain lady, vasn't it?"

"Yes"

"And I brought you that theer letter, didn't I?"

"Yes, but--"

"And 'oo do ye suppose giveto

you,--the lady? Oh no! I'll tell you 'oo give it me,--it vas--shall ve

say, Number Two, the Accessory afore the fact,--shall ve call 'iive me that

theer letter? I'll tell you Ven Number Vun and Number Two, B and C,

vent down to Hawkhurst, I vent down to Hawkhurst They put up at the

'Qveen's 'ead,' so I 'angs about the 'Qveen's 'ead,'--offers ot in the 'abit o' doing odd

jobs for Nuives me that theer letter to deliver, and werry pertickler 'e vas

as I should give it into your werry own daddle, 'e also gives uinea and tells as 'ow 'e don't vant me no more, and them's the

circu perplexity, "I don't understand

How did he get hold of the letter?"