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“
But
who
is
he
?
”
“
I
’
ll
tell
you
,
Watson
.
He
is
the
king
of
all
the
blackmailers
.
Heaven
help
the
man
,
and
still
more
the
woman
,
whose
secret
and
reputation
come
into
the
power
of
Milverton
!
With
a
smiling
face
and
a
heart
of
marble
,
he
will
squeeze
and
squeeze
until
he
has
drained
them
dry
.
The
fellow
is
a
genius
in
his
way
,
and
would
have
made
his
mark
in
some
more
savoury
trade
.
His
method
is
as
follows
:
He
allows
it
to
be
known
that
he
is
prepared
to
pay
very
high
sums
for
letters
which
compromise
people
of
wealth
and
position
.
He
receives
these
wares
not
only
from
treacherous
valets
or
maids
,
but
frequently
from
genteel
ruffians
,
who
have
gained
the
confidence
and
affection
of
trusting
women
.
He
deals
with
no
niggard
hand
.
I
happen
to
know
that
he
paid
seven
hundred
pounds
to
a
footman
for
a
note
two
lines
in
length
,
and
that
the
ruin
of
a
noble
family
was
the
result
.
Everything
which
is
in
the
market
goes
to
Milverton
,
and
there
are
hundreds
in
this
great
city
who
turn
white
at
his
name
.
No
one
knows
where
his
grip
may
fall
,
for
he
is
far
too
rich
and
far
too
cunning
to
work
from
hand
to
mouth
.
He
will
hold
a
card
back
for
years
in
order
to
play
it
at
the
moment
when
the
stake
is
best
worth
winning
.
I
have
said
that
he
is
the
worst
man
in
London
,
and
I
would
ask
you
how
could
one
compare
the
ruffian
,
who
in
hot
blood
bludgeons
his
mate
,
with
this
man
,
who
methodically
and
at
his
leisure
tortures
the
soul
and
wrings
the
nerves
in
order
to
add
to
his
already
swollen
money
-
bags
?
”
I
had
seldom
heard
my
friend
speak
with
such
intensity
of
feeling
.
“
But
surely
,
”
said
I
,
“
the
fellow
must
be
within
the
grasp
of
the
law
?
”
“
Technically
,
no
doubt
,
but
practically
not
.
What
would
it
profit
a
woman
,
for
example
,
to
get
him
a
few
months
’
imprisonment
if
her
own
ruin
must
immediately
follow
?
His
victims
dare
not
hit
back
.
If
ever
he
blackmailed
an
innocent
person
,
then
indeed
we
should
have
him
,
but
he
is
as
cunning
as
the
Evil
One
.
No
,
no
,
we
must
find
other
ways
to
fight
him
.
”
“
And
why
is
he
here
?
”
“
Because
an
illustrious
client
has
placed
her
piteous
case
in
my
hands
.
It
is
the
Lady
Eva
Blackwell
,
the
most
beautiful
débutante
of
last
season
.
She
is
to
be
married
in
a
fortnight
to
the
Earl
of
Dovercourt
.
This
fiend
has
several
imprudent
letters
—
imprudent
,
Watson
,
nothing
worse
—
which
were
written
to
an
impecunious
young
squire
in
the
country
.
They
would
suffice
to
break
off
the
match
.
Milverton
will
send
the
letters
to
the
Earl
unless
a
large
sum
of
money
is
paid
him
.
I
have
been
commissioned
to
meet
him
,
and
—
to
make
the
best
terms
I
can
.
”
At
that
instant
there
was
a
clatter
and
a
rattle
in
the
street
below
.
Looking
down
I
saw
a
stately
carriage
and
pair
,
the
brilliant
lamps
gleaming
on
the
glossy
haunches
of
the
noble
chestnuts
.
A
footman
opened
the
door
,
and
a
small
,
stout
man
in
a
shaggy
astrakhan
overcoat
descended
.
A
minute
later
he
was
in
the
room
.
