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I
took
the
liberty
,
therefore
,
of
making
an
appointment
in
such
a
way
that
my
man
Williams
might
be
able
to
see
you
first
.
I
have
complete
confidence
in
his
discretion
,
and
he
had
orders
,
if
he
were
dissatisfied
,
to
proceed
no
further
in
the
matter
.
You
will
excuse
these
precautions
,
but
I
am
a
man
of
somewhat
retiring
,
and
I
might
even
say
refined
,
tastes
,
and
there
is
nothing
more
unæsthetic
than
a
policeman
.
I
have
a
natural
shrinking
from
all
forms
of
rough
materialism
.
I
seldom
come
in
contact
with
the
rough
crowd
.
I
live
,
as
you
see
,
with
some
little
atmosphere
of
elegance
around
me
.
I
may
call
myself
a
patron
of
the
arts
.
It
is
my
weakness
.
The
landscape
is
a
genuine
Corot
,
and
,
though
a
connoisseur
might
perhaps
throw
a
doubt
upon
that
Salvator
Rosa
,
there
cannot
be
the
least
question
about
the
Bouguereau
.
I
am
partial
to
the
modern
French
school
.
”
“
You
will
excuse
me
,
Mr
.
Sholto
,
”
said
Miss
Morstan
,
“
but
I
am
here
at
your
request
to
learn
something
which
you
desire
to
tell
me
.
It
is
very
late
,
and
I
should
desire
the
interview
to
be
as
short
as
possible
.
”
“
At
the
best
it
must
take
some
time
,
”
he
answered
;
“
for
we
shall
certainly
have
to
go
to
Norwood
and
see
Brother
Bartholomew
.
We
shall
all
go
and
try
if
we
can
get
the
better
of
Brother
Bartholomew
.
He
is
very
angry
with
me
for
taking
the
course
which
has
seemed
right
to
me
.
I
had
quite
high
words
with
him
last
night
.
You
cannot
imagine
what
a
terrible
fellow
he
is
when
he
is
angry
.
”
“
If
we
are
to
go
to
Norwood
it
would
perhaps
be
as
well
to
start
at
once
,
”
I
ventured
to
remark
.
He
laughed
until
his
ears
were
quite
red
.
“
That
would
hardly
do
,
”
he
cried
.
“
I
don
’
t
know
what
he
would
say
if
I
brought
you
in
that
sudden
way
.
No
,
I
must
prepare
you
by
showing
you
how
we
all
stand
to
each
other
.
In
the
first
place
,
I
must
tell
you
that
there
are
several
points
in
the
story
of
which
I
am
myself
ignorant
.
I
can
only
lay
the
facts
before
you
as
far
as
I
know
them
myself
.
“
My
father
was
,
as
you
may
have
guessed
,
Major
John
Sholto
,
once
of
the
Indian
army
.
He
retired
some
eleven
years
ago
,
and
came
to
live
at
Pondicherry
Lodge
in
Upper
Norwood
.
He
had
prospered
in
India
,
and
brought
back
with
him
a
considerable
sum
of
money
,
a
large
collection
of
valuable
curiosities
,
and
a
staff
of
native
servants
.
With
these
advantages
he
bought
himself
a
house
,
and
lived
in
great
luxury
.
My
twin
-
brother
Bartholomew
and
I
were
the
only
children
.
“
I
very
well
remember
the
sensation
which
was
caused
by
the
disappearance
of
Captain
Morstan
.
We
read
the
details
in
the
papers
,
and
,
knowing
that
he
had
been
a
friend
of
our
father
’
s
,
we
discussed
the
case
freely
in
his
presence
.
He
used
to
join
in
our
speculations
as
to
what
could
have
happened
.
Never
for
an
instant
did
we
suspect
that
he
had
the
whole
secret
hidden
in
his
own
breast
,
—
that
of
all
men
he
alone
knew
the
fate
of
Arthur
Morstan
.
“
We
did
know
,
however
,
that
some
mystery
—
some
positive
danger
—
overhung
our
father
.
He
was
very
fearful
of
going
out
alone
,
and
he
always
employed
two
prize
-
fighters
to
act
as
porters
at
Pondicherry
Lodge
.
Williams
,
who
drove
you
to
-
night
,
was
one
of
them
.
He
was
once
light
-
weight
champion
of
England
.
Our
father
would
never
tell
us
what
it
was
he
feared
,
but
he
had
a
most
marked
aversion
to
men
with
wooden
legs
.
On
one
occasion
he
actually
fired
his
revolver
at
a
wooden
-
legged
man
,
who
proved
to
be
a
harmless
tradesman
canvassing
for
orders
.
We
had
to
pay
a
large
sum
to
hush
the
matter
up
.
My
brother
and
I
used
to
think
this
a
mere
whim
of
my
father
’
s
,
but
events
have
since
led
us
to
change
our
opinion
.
