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Laurie smiled back, a little nervously

"I have come to see whether you will not reconsider your decision"

The boy shook his head

"I think not," he said

"You found no ill effects, I hope, from what happened at Lady Laura's?"

"Not at all, after the first shock"

"Doesn't that reassure you at all, Mr Baxter?"

Laurie hesitated

"It's like this," he said; "I' final in what happened"

"Will you explain, please?"

Laurie set the results of his , he said, that could not be accounted for by a very abnor person's name was in his mindand so forth

" And I find it rather distracting to rateful, Mr Vincent"

He thought he was being very strong and sensible