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Baruch did not obtain any very definite information from Marshall

about Clara He was told that she had a sister; that they were both

of theentlewomen; that their reat readers, and that they did not go to church nor

chapel, but that they both went sometimes to hear a certain Mr A J

Scott lecture He was once assistant ation of his own creating at Woolwich

Baruch called at the shop and found Clara once more alone The book

was packed up and had being lying ready for him for two or three

days He wanted to speak, but hardly kne to begin He looked

idly round the shelves, taking down one volume after another, and at

last he said, 'I suppose nobody but myself has ever asked for a copy of Robinson?'

'Not since I have been here' 'I do not wonder at it; he printed only two hundred and fifty; he

gave away five-and-twenty, and I am sure nearly two hundred were sold

as wastepaper' 'He is a friend of yours?'

'He was a friend; he is dead; he was an usher in a private school,

although you ht have supposed, from the title selected, that he

was a clerk I told him it was useless to publish, and his

publishers told hiht that some notice would have been taken of hih he was original and reflective, he had no

particular talent His excellence lay in criticism and observation,