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"
Ah
,
to
be
sure
,
"
said
Raffles
,
with
a
mocking
cordiality
.
"
Didn
’
t
I
always
do
it
?
Lord
,
you
made
a
pretty
thing
out
of
me
,
and
I
got
but
little
.
I
’
ve
often
thought
since
,
I
might
have
done
better
by
telling
the
old
woman
that
I
’
d
found
her
daughter
and
her
grandchild
:
it
would
have
suited
my
feelings
better
;
I
’
ve
got
a
soft
place
in
my
heart
.
But
you
’
ve
buried
the
old
lady
by
this
time
,
I
suppose
—
it
’
s
all
one
to
her
now
.
And
you
’
ve
got
your
fortune
out
of
that
profitable
business
which
had
such
a
blessing
on
it
.
You
’
ve
taken
to
being
a
nob
,
buying
land
,
being
a
country
bashaw
.
Still
in
the
Dissenting
line
,
eh
?
Still
godly
?
Or
taken
to
the
Church
as
more
genteel
?
"
This
time
Mr
.
Raffles
’
slow
wink
and
slight
protrusion
of
his
tongue
was
worse
than
a
nightmare
,
because
it
held
the
certitude
that
it
was
not
a
nightmare
,
but
a
waking
misery
.
Mr
.
Bulstrode
felt
a
shuddering
nausea
,
and
did
not
speak
,
but
was
considering
diligently
whether
he
should
not
leave
Raffles
to
do
as
he
would
,
and
simply
defy
him
as
a
slanderer
.
The
man
would
soon
show
himself
disreputable
enough
to
make
people
disbelieve
him
.
"
But
not
when
he
tells
any
ugly
-
looking
truth
about
YOU
,
"
said
discerning
consciousness
.
And
again
:
it
seemed
no
wrong
to
keep
Raffles
at
a
distance
,
but
Mr
.
Bulstrode
shrank
from
the
direct
falsehood
of
denying
true
statements
.
It
was
one
thing
to
look
back
on
forgiven
sins
,
nay
,
to
explain
questionable
conformity
to
lax
customs
,
and
another
to
enter
deliberately
on
the
necessity
of
falsehood
.
But
since
Bulstrode
did
not
speak
,
Raffles
ran
on
,
by
way
of
using
time
to
the
utmost
.
"
I
’
ve
not
had
such
fine
luck
as
you
,
by
Jove
!
Things
went
confoundedly
with
me
in
New
York
;
those
Yankees
are
cool
hands
,
and
a
man
of
gentlemanly
feelings
has
no
chance
with
them
.
I
married
when
I
came
back
—
a
nice
woman
in
the
tobacco
trade
—
very
fond
of
me
—
but
the
trade
was
restricted
,
as
we
say
.
She
had
been
settled
there
a
good
many
years
by
a
friend
;
but
there
was
a
son
too
much
in
the
case
.
Josh
and
I
never
hit
it
off
.
However
,
I
made
the
most
of
the
position
,
and
I
’
ve
always
taken
my
glass
in
good
company
.
It
’
s
been
all
on
the
square
with
me
;
I
’
m
as
open
as
the
day
.
You
won
’
t
take
it
ill
of
me
that
I
didn
’
t
look
you
up
before
.
I
’
ve
got
a
complaint
that
makes
me
a
little
dilatory
.
I
thought
you
were
trading
and
praying
away
in
London
still
,
and
didn
’
t
find
you
there
.
But
you
see
I
was
sent
to
you
,
Nick
—
perhaps
for
a
blessing
to
both
of
us
.
"
Mr
.
Raffles
ended
with
a
jocose
snuffle
:
no
man
felt
his
intellect
more
superior
to
religious
cant
.
And
if
the
cunning
which
calculates
on
the
meanest
feelings
in
men
could
be
,
called
intellect
,
he
had
his
share
,
for
under
the
blurting
rallying
tone
with
which
he
spoke
to
Bulstrode
,
there
was
an
evident
selection
of
statements
,
as
if
they
had
been
so
many
moves
at
chess
.
Meanwhile
Bulstrode
had
determined
on
his
move
,
and
he
said
,
with
gathered
resolution
—
"
You
will
do
well
to
reflect
,
Mr
.
Raffles
,
that
it
is
possible
for
a
man
to
overreach
himself
in
the
effort
to
secure
undue
advantage
.
Although
I
am
not
in
any
way
bound
to
you
,
I
am
willing
to
supply
you
with
a
regular
annuity
—
in
quarterly
payments
—
so
long
as
you
fulfil
a
promise
to
remain
at
a
distance
from
this
neighborhood
.
It
is
in
your
power
to
choose
.
If
you
insist
on
remaining
here
,
even
for
a
short
time
,
you
will
get
nothing
from
me
.
I
shall
decline
to
know
you
.
"
"
Ha
,
ha
!
"
said
Raffles
,
with
an
affected
explosion
,
"
that
reminds
me
of
a
droll
dog
of
a
thief
who
declined
to
know
the
constable
.
"
