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‘
My
business
is
no
secret
;
or
I
should
rather
say
it
need
be
no
secret
here
,
’
said
the
stranger
,
observing
that
Mr
Abel
and
the
Notary
were
preparing
to
retire
.
‘
It
relates
to
a
dealer
in
curiosities
with
whom
he
lived
,
and
in
whom
I
am
earnestly
and
warmly
interested
.
I
have
been
a
stranger
to
this
country
,
gentlemen
,
for
very
many
years
,
and
if
I
am
deficient
in
form
and
ceremony
,
I
hope
you
will
forgive
me
.
’
‘
No
forgiveness
is
necessary
,
sir
;
—
none
whatever
,
’
replied
the
Notary
.
And
so
said
Mr
Abel
.
‘
I
have
been
making
inquiries
in
the
neighbourhood
in
which
his
old
master
lived
,
’
said
the
stranger
,
‘
and
I
learn
that
he
was
served
by
this
lad
.
I
have
found
out
his
mother
’
s
house
,
and
have
been
directed
by
her
to
this
place
as
the
nearest
in
which
I
should
be
likely
to
find
him
.
That
’
s
the
cause
of
my
presenting
myself
here
this
morning
.
’
‘
I
am
very
glad
of
any
cause
,
sir
,
’
said
the
Notary
,
‘
which
procures
me
the
honour
of
this
visit
.
’
‘
Sir
,
’
retorted
the
stranger
,
‘
you
speak
like
a
mere
man
of
the
world
,
and
I
think
you
something
better
.
Therefore
,
pray
do
not
sink
your
real
character
in
paying
unmeaning
compliments
to
me
.
’
‘
Hem
!
’
coughed
the
Notary
.
‘
You
’
re
a
plain
speaker
,
sir
.
’
‘
And
a
plain
dealer
,
’
returned
the
stranger
.
‘
It
may
be
my
long
absence
and
inexperience
that
lead
me
to
the
conclusion
;
but
if
plain
speakers
are
scarce
in
this
part
of
the
world
,
I
fancy
plain
dealers
are
still
scarcer
.
If
my
speaking
should
offend
you
,
sir
,
my
dealing
,
I
hope
,
will
make
amends
.
’
Mr
Witherden
seemed
a
little
disconcerted
by
the
elderly
gentleman
’
s
mode
of
conducting
the
dialogue
;
and
as
for
Kit
,
he
looked
at
him
in
open
-
mouthed
astonishment
:
wondering
what
kind
of
language
he
would
address
to
him
,
if
he
talked
in
that
free
and
easy
way
to
a
Notary
.
It
was
with
no
harshness
,
however
,
though
with
something
of
constitutional
irritability
and
haste
,
that
he
turned
to
Kit
and
said
:
‘
If
you
think
,
my
lad
,
that
I
am
pursuing
these
inquiries
with
any
other
view
than
that
of
serving
and
reclaiming
those
I
am
in
search
of
,
you
do
me
a
very
great
wrong
,
and
deceive
yourself
.
Don
’
t
be
deceived
,
I
beg
of
you
,
but
rely
upon
my
assurance
.
The
fact
is
,
gentlemen
,
’
he
added
,
turning
again
to
the
Notary
and
his
pupil
,
‘
that
I
am
in
a
very
painful
and
wholly
unexpected
position
.
I
came
to
this
city
with
a
darling
object
at
my
heart
,
expecting
to
find
no
obstacle
or
difficulty
in
the
way
of
its
attainment
.
I
find
myself
suddenly
checked
and
stopped
short
,
in
the
execution
of
my
design
,
by
a
mystery
which
I
cannot
penetrate
.
Every
effort
I
have
made
to
penetrate
it
,
has
only
served
to
render
it
darker
and
more
obscure
;
and
I
am
afraid
to
stir
openly
in
the
matter
,
lest
those
whom
I
anxiously
pursue
,
should
fly
still
farther
from
me
.
I
assure
you
that
if
you
could
give
me
any
assistance
,
you
would
not
be
sorry
to
do
so
,
if
you
knew
how
greatly
I
stand
in
need
of
it
,
and
what
a
load
it
would
relieve
me
from
.
’
