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"
I
will
hear
what
you
have
to
say
before
I
take
any
further
steps
,
"
said
Mortimer
,
grimly
.
"
I
am
determined
to
hold
back
nothing
,
and
to
take
you
both
completely
into
my
confidence
.
I
will
leave
it
to
your
own
generosity
how
far
you
will
use
the
facts
with
which
I
supply
you
.
"
"
We
have
the
essential
facts
already
.
"
"
And
yet
you
understand
nothing
.
Let
me
go
back
to
what
passed
a
few
weeks
ago
,
and
I
will
make
it
all
clear
to
you
.
Believe
me
that
what
I
say
is
the
absolute
and
exact
truth
.
"
You
have
met
the
person
who
calls
himself
Captain
Wilson
.
I
say
’
calls
himself
’
because
I
have
reason
now
to
believe
that
it
is
not
his
correct
name
.
It
would
take
me
too
long
if
I
were
to
describe
all
the
means
by
which
he
obtained
an
introduction
to
me
and
ingratiated
himself
into
my
friendship
and
the
affection
of
my
daughter
.
He
brought
letters
from
foreign
colleagues
which
compelled
me
to
show
him
some
attention
.
And
then
,
by
his
own
attainments
,
which
are
considerable
,
he
succeeded
in
making
himself
a
very
welcome
visitor
at
my
rooms
.
When
I
learned
that
my
daughter
’
s
affections
had
been
gained
by
him
,
I
may
have
thought
it
premature
,
but
I
certainly
was
not
surprised
,
for
he
had
a
charm
of
manner
and
of
conversation
which
would
have
made
him
conspicuous
in
any
society
.
"
He
was
much
interested
in
Oriental
antiquities
,
and
his
knowledge
of
the
subject
justified
his
interest
.
Often
when
he
spent
the
evening
with
us
he
would
ask
permission
to
go
down
into
the
museum
and
have
an
opportunity
of
privately
inspecting
the
various
specimens
.
You
can
imagine
that
I
,
as
an
enthusiast
,
was
in
sympathy
with
such
a
request
,
and
that
I
felt
no
surprise
at
the
constancy
of
his
visits
.
After
his
actual
engagement
to
Elise
,
there
was
hardly
an
evening
which
he
did
not
pass
with
us
,
and
an
hour
or
two
were
generally
devoted
to
the
museum
.
He
had
the
free
run
of
the
place
,
and
when
I
have
been
away
for
the
evening
I
had
no
objection
to
his
doing
whatever
he
wished
here
.
This
state
of
things
was
only
terminated
by
the
fact
of
my
resignation
of
my
official
duties
and
my
retirement
to
Norwood
,
where
I
hoped
to
have
the
leisure
to
write
a
considerable
work
which
I
had
planned
.
"
It
was
immediately
after
this
—
within
a
week
or
so
—
that
I
first
realized
the
true
nature
and
character
of
the
man
whom
I
had
so
imprudently
introduced
into
my
family
.
The
discovery
came
to
me
through
letters
from
my
friends
abroad
,
which
showed
me
that
his
introductions
to
me
had
been
forgeries
.
Aghast
at
the
revelation
,
I
asked
myself
what
motive
this
man
could
originally
have
had
in
practising
this
elaborate
deception
upon
me
.
I
was
too
poor
a
man
for
any
fortune
-
hunter
to
have
marked
me
down
.
Why
,
then
,
had
he
come
?
I
remembered
that
some
of
the
most
precious
gems
in
Europe
had
been
under
my
charge
,
and
I
remembered
also
the
ingenious
excuses
by
which
this
man
had
made
himself
familiar
with
the
cases
in
which
they
were
kept
.
He
was
a
rascal
who
was
planning
some
gigantic
robbery
.
How
could
I
,
without
striking
my
own
daughter
,
who
was
infatuated
about
him
,
prevent
him
from
carrying
out
any
plan
which
he
might
have
formed
?
My
device
was
a
clumsy
one
,
and
yet
I
could
think
of
nothing
more
effective
.
If
I
had
written
a
letter
under
my
own
name
,
you
would
naturally
have
turned
to
me
for
details
which
I
did
not
wish
to
give
.
I
resorted
to
an
anonymous
letter
,
begging
you
to
be
upon
your
guard
.
"
I
may
tell
you
that
my
change
from
Belmore
Street
to
Norwood
had
not
affected
the
visits
of
this
man
,
who
had
,
I
believe
,
a
real
and
overpowering
affection
for
my
daughter
.
