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"

So

now

,

Dr

.

Hamilton

,

may

I

rely

upon

your

aid

?

"

"

Most

undoubtedly

,

"

said

I

.

"

You

have

only

to

tell

me

what

my

duties

are

.

"

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"

Your

first

duty

will

be

to

return

to

your

home

.

You

will

pack

up

whatever

you

may

need

for

a

short

visit

to

the

country

.

We

start

together

from

Paddington

Station

at

3

:

40

this

afternoon

.

"

"

Do

we

go

far

?

"

"

As

far

as

Pangbourne

.

Meet

me

at

the

bookstall

at

3

:

30

.

I

shall

have

the

tickets

.

Goodbye

,

Dr

.

Hamilton

!

And

,

by

the

way

,

there

are

two

things

which

I

should

be

very

glad

if

you

would

bring

with

you

,

in

case

you

have

them

.

One

is

your

case

for

collecting

beetles

,

and

the

other

is

a

stick

,

and

the

thicker

and

heavier

the

better

.

"

You

may

imagine

that

I

had

plenty

to

think

of

from

the

time

that

I

left

Brook

Street

until

I

set

out

to

meet

Lord

Linchmere

at

Paddington

.

The

whole

fantastic

business

kept

arranging

and

rearranging

itself

in

kaleidoscopic

forms

inside

my

brain

,

until

I

had

thought

out

a

dozen

explanations

,

each

of

them

more

grotesquely

improbable

than

the

last

.

And

yet

I

felt

that

the

truth

must

be

something

grotesquely

improbable

also

.

At

last

I

gave

up

all

attempts

at

finding

a

solution

,

and

contented

myself

with

exactly

carrying

out

the

instructions

which

I

had

received

.

With

a

hand

valise

,

specimen

-

case

,

and

a

loaded

cane

,

I

was

waiting

at

the

Paddington

bookstall

when

Lord

Linchmere

arrived

.

He

was

an

even

smaller

man

than

I

had

thought

—

frail

and

peaky

,

with

a

manner

which

was

more

nervous

than

it

had

been

in

the

morning

.

He

wore

a

long

,

thick

travelling

ulster

,

and

I

observed

that

he

carried

a

heavy

blackthorn

cudgel

in

his

hand

.

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"

I

have

the

tickets

,

"

said

he

,

leading

the

way

up

the

platform

.

"

This

is

our

train

.

I

have

engaged

a

carriage

,

for

I

am

particularly

anxious

to

impress

one

or

two

things

upon

you

while

we

travel

down

.

"

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