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12
May
.
--
Let
me
begin
with
facts
,
bare
,
meager
facts
,
verified
by
books
and
figures
,
and
of
which
there
can
be
no
doubt
.
I
must
not
confuse
them
with
experiences
which
will
have
to
rest
on
my
own
observation
,
or
my
memory
of
them
.
Last
evening
when
the
Count
came
from
his
room
he
began
by
asking
me
questions
on
legal
matters
and
on
the
doing
of
certain
kinds
of
business
.
I
had
spent
the
day
wearily
over
books
,
and
,
simply
to
keep
my
mind
occupied
,
went
over
some
of
the
matters
I
had
been
examined
in
at
Lincoln
's
Inn
.
There
was
a
certain
method
in
the
Count
's
inquiries
,
so
I
shall
try
to
put
them
down
in
sequence
.
The
knowledge
may
somehow
or
some
time
be
useful
to
me
.
First
,
he
asked
if
a
man
in
England
might
have
two
solicitors
or
more
.
I
told
him
he
might
have
a
dozen
if
he
wished
,
but
that
it
would
not
be
wise
to
have
more
than
one
solicitor
engaged
in
one
transaction
,
as
only
one
could
act
at
a
time
,
and
that
to
change
would
be
certain
to
militate
against
his
interest
.
He
seemed
thoroughly
to
understand
,
and
went
on
to
ask
if
there
would
be
any
practical
difficulty
in
having
one
man
to
attend
,
say
,
to
banking
,
and
another
to
look
after
shipping
,
in
case
local
help
were
needed
in
a
place
far
from
the
home
of
the
banking
solicitor
.
I
asked
to
explain
more
fully
,
so
that
I
might
not
by
any
chance
mislead
him
,
so
he
said
,
"
I
shall
illustrate
.
Your
friend
and
mine
,
Mr.
Peter
Hawkins
,
from
under
the
shadow
of
your
beautiful
cathedral
at
Exeter
,
which
is
far
from
London
,
buys
for
me
through
your
good
self
my
place
at
London
.
Good
!
Now
here
let
me
say
frankly
,
lest
you
should
think
it
strange
that
I
have
sought
the
services
of
one
so
far
off
from
London
instead
of
some
one
resident
there
,
that
my
motive
was
that
no
local
interest
might
be
served
save
my
wish
only
,
and
as
one
of
London
residence
might
,
perhaps
,
have
some
purpose
of
himself
or
friend
to
serve
,
I
went
thus
afield
to
seek
my
agent
,
whose
labours
should
be
only
to
my
interest
.
Now
,
suppose
I
,
who
have
much
of
affairs
,
wish
to
ship
goods
,
say
,
to
Newcastle
,
or
Durham
,
or
Harwich
,
or
Dover
,
might
it
not
be
that
it
could
with
more
ease
be
done
by
consigning
to
one
in
these
ports
?
"
I
answered
that
certainly
it
would
be
most
easy
,
but
that
we
solicitors
had
a
system
of
agency
one
for
the
other
,
so
that
local
work
could
be
done
locally
on
instruction
from
any
solicitor
,
so
that
the
client
,
simply
placing
himself
in
the
hands
of
one
man
,
could
have
his
wishes
carried
out
by
him
without
further
trouble
.
"
But
,
"
said
he
,
"
I
could
be
at
liberty
to
direct
myself
.
Is
it
not
so
?
"
"
Of
course
,
"
I
replied
,
and
"
Such
is
often
done
by
men
of
business
,
who
do
not
like
the
whole
of
their
affairs
to
be
known
by
any
one
person
.
"
"
Good
!
"
he
said
,
and
then
went
on
to
ask
about
the
means
of
making
consignments
and
the
forms
to
be
gone
through
,
and
of
all
sorts
of
difficulties
which
might
arise
,
but
by
forethought
could
be
guarded
against
.
I
explained
all
these
things
to
him
to
the
best
of
my
ability
,
and
he
certainly
left
me
under
the
impression
that
he
would
have
made
a
wonderful
solicitor
,
for
there
was
nothing
that
he
did
not
think
of
or
foresee
.
For
a
man
who
was
never
in
the
country
,
and
who
did
not
evidently
do
much
in
the
way
of
business
,
his
knowledge
and
acumen
were
wonderful
.
When
he
had
satisfied
himself
on
these
points
of
which
he
had
spoken
,
and
I
had
verified
all
as
well
as
I
could
by
the
books
available
,
he
suddenly
stood
up
and
said
,
"
Have
you
written
since
your
first
letter
to
our
friend
Mr.
Peter
Hawkins
,
or
to
any
other
?
"
It
was
with
some
bitterness
in
my
heart
that
I
answered
that
I
had
not
,
that
as
yet
I
had
not
seen
any
opportunity
of
sending
letters
to
anybody
.
"
Then
write
now
,
my
young
friend
,
"
he
said
,
laying
a
heavy
hand
on
my
shoulder
,
"
write
to
our
friend
and
to
any
other
,
and
say
,
if
it
will
please
you
,
that
you
shall
stay
with
me
until
a
month
from
now
.
"
