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"

I

stared

at

him

in

astonishment

.

"

'

Yes

,

it

was

the

devil

himself

.

We

have

not

had

a

peaceful

hour

since

--

not

one

.

The

governor

has

never

held

up

his

head

from

that

evening

,

and

now

the

life

has

been

crushed

out

of

him

and

his

heart

broken

,

all

through

this

accursed

Hudson

.

'

"

'

What

power

had

he

,

then

?

'

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"

'

Ah

,

that

is

what

I

would

give

so

much

to

know

.

The

kindly

,

charitable

good

old

governor

--

how

could

he

have

fallen

into

the

clutches

of

such

a

ruffian

!

But

I

am

so

glad

that

you

have

come

,

Holmes

.

I

trust

very

much

to

your

judgment

and

discretion

,

and

I

know

that

you

will

advise

me

for

the

best

.

'

"

We

were

dashing

along

the

smooth

white

country

road

,

with

the

long

stretch

of

the

Broads

in

front

of

us

glimmering

in

the

red

light

of

the

setting

sun

.

From

a

grove

upon

our

left

I

could

already

see

the

high

chimneys

and

the

flagstaff

which

marked

the

squire

's

dwelling

.

"

'

My

father

made

the

fellow

gardener

,

'

-

said

my

companion

,

'

and

then

,

as

that

did

not

satisfy

him

,

he

was

promoted

to

be

butler

.

The

house

seemed

to

be

at

his

mercy

,

and

he

wandered

about

and

did

what

he

chose

in

it

.

The

maids

complained

of

his

drunken

habits

and

his

vile

language

.

The

dad

raised

their

wages

all

round

to

recompense

them

for

the

annoyance

.

The

fellow

would

take

the

boat

and

my

father

's

best

gun

and

treat

himself

to

little

shooting

trips

.

And

all

this

with

such

a

sneering

,

leering

,

insolent

face

that

I

would

have

knocked

him

down

twenty

times

over

if

he

had

been

a

man

of

my

own

age

.

I

tell

you

,

Holmes

,

I

have

had

to

keep

a

tight

hold

upon

myself

all

this

time

and

now

I

am

asking

myself

whether

,

if

I

had

let

myself

go

a

little

more

,

I

might

not

have

been

a

wiser

man

.

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"

'

Well

,

matters

went

from

bad

to

worse

with

us

,

and

this

animal

Hudson

became

more

and

more

intrusive

,

until

at

last

,

on

his

making

some

insolent

reply

to

my

father

in

my

presence

one

day

,

I

took

him

by

the

shoulders

and

turned

him

out

of

the

room

.

He

slunk

away

with

a

livid

face

and

two

venomous

eyes

which

uttered

more

threats

than

his

tongue

could

do

.

I

do

n't

know

what

passed

between

the

poor

dad

and

him

after

that

,

but

the

dad

came

to

me

next

day

and

asked

me

whether

I

would

mind

apologizing

to

Hudson

.

I

refused

,

as

you

can

imagine

,

and

asked

my

father

how

he

could

allow

such

a

wretch

to

take

such

liberties

with

himself

and

his

household

.

"

ι

"

Ah

,

my

boy

,

"

said

he

,

"

it

is

all

very

well

to

talk

,

but

you

do

n't

know

how

I

am

placed

.

But

you

shall

know

,

Victor

.

I

'

ll

see

that

you

shall

know

,

come

what

may

.

You

would

n't

believe

harm

of

your

poor

old

father

,

would

you

,

lad

?

"

He

was

very

much

moved

and

shut

himself

up

in

the

study

all

day

,

where

I

could

see

through

the

window

that

he

was

writing

busily

.

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