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The

weather

was

miserably

raw

,

and

the

two

cursed

the

cold

.

It

made

us

all

lethargic

before

we

had

gone

far

,

and

when

we

had

left

the

Half

-

way

House

behind

,

we

habitually

dozed

and

shivered

and

were

silent

.

I

dozed

off

,

myself

,

in

considering

the

question

whether

I

ought

to

restore

a

couple

of

pounds

sterling

to

this

creature

before

losing

sight

of

him

,

and

how

it

could

best

be

done

.

In

the

act

of

dipping

forward

as

if

I

were

going

to

bathe

among

the

horses

,

I

woke

in

a

fright

and

took

the

question

up

again

.

But

I

must

have

lost

it

longer

than

I

had

thought

,

since

,

although

I

could

recognize

nothing

in

the

darkness

and

the

fitful

lights

and

shadows

of

our

lamps

,

I

traced

marsh

country

in

the

cold

damp

wind

that

blew

at

us

.

Cowering

forward

for

warmth

and

to

make

me

a

screen

against

the

wind

,

the

convicts

were

closer

to

me

than

before

.

The

very

first

words

I

heard

them

interchange

as

I

became

conscious

,

were

the

words

of

my

own

thought

,

"

Two

One

Pound

notes

.

"

"

How

did

he

get

’

em

?

"

said

the

convict

I

had

never

seen

.

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"

How

should

I

know

?

"

returned

the

other

.

"

He

had

’

em

stowed

away

somehows

.

Giv

him

by

friends

,

I

expect

.

"

"

I

wish

,

"

said

the

other

,

with

a

bitter

curse

upon

the

cold

,

"

that

I

had

’

em

here

.

"

"

Two

one

pound

notes

,

or

friends

?

"

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"

Two

one

pound

notes

.

I

’

d

sell

all

the

friends

I

ever

had

for

one

,

and

think

it

a

blessed

good

bargain

.

Well

?

So

he

says

—

?

"

"

So

he

says

,

"

resumed

the

convict

I

had

recognized

—

"

it

was

all

said

and

done

in

half

a

minute

,

behind

a

pile

of

timber

in

the

Dock

-

yard

—

‘

You

’

re

a

going

to

be

discharged

?

’

Yes

,

I

was

.

Would

I

find

out

that

boy

that

had

fed

him

and

kep

his

secret

,

and

give

him

them

two

one

pound

notes

?

Yes

,

I

would

.

And

I

did

.

"

"

More

fool

you

,

"

growled

the

other

.

"

I

’

d

have

spent

’

em

on

a

Man

,

in

wittles

and

drink

.

He

must

have

been

a

green

one

.

Mean

to

say

he

knowed

nothing

of

you

?

"

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