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I
heard
this
with
great
surprise
,
and
,
I
must
admit
with
a
slight
feeling
of
resentment
too
.
The
frank
and
generous
character
of
my
old
chum
'
Boffles
'
seemed
to
darken
suddenly
in
my
eyes
--
why
could
he
not
have
told
me
of
his
good
fortune
in
his
letter
?
Was
he
afraid
I
might
trouble
him
for
further
loans
?
I
suppose
my
looks
expressed
my
thoughts
,
for
Rimânez
,
who
had
observed
me
intently
,
presently
added
--
"
Did
he
not
tell
you
of
his
luck
?
That
was
not
very
friendly
of
him
--
but
as
I
remarked
last
night
,
money
often
spoils
a
man
.
"
"
Oh
I
daresay
he
meant
no
slight
by
the
omission
,
"
I
said
hurriedly
,
forcing
a
smile
--
"
No
doubt
he
will
make
it
the
subject
of
his
next
letter
.
Now
as
to
this
five
hundred
"
--
"
Keep
it
,
man
,
keep
it
"
--
he
interposed
impatiently
--
"
What
do
you
talk
about
security
for
?
Have
n't
I
got
you
as
security
?
"
I
laughed
.
"
Well
,
I
am
fairly
reliable
now
"
--
I
said
--
"
And
I
'm
not
going
to
run
away
.
"
"
From
me
?
"
he
queried
,
with
a
half
cold
half
kind
glance
;
"
No
--
I
fancy
not
!
"
He
waved
his
hand
lightly
and
left
me
,
and
I
,
putting
the
leather
case
of
notes
in
my
inner
breast-pocket
,
hailed
a
hansom
and
was
driven
off
rapidly
to
Basinghall
Street
where
my
solicitors
awaited
me
.
Arrived
at
my
destination
,
I
sent
up
my
name
,
and
was
received
at
once
with
the
utmost
respect
by
two
small
chips
of
men
in
rusty
black
who
represented
'
the
firm
.
'
At
my
request
they
sent
down
their
clerk
to
pay
and
dismiss
my
cab
,
while
I
,
opening
Lucio
's
pocket
book
,
asked
them
to
change
me
a
ten-pound
note
into
gold
and
silver
which
they
did
with
ready
good-will
.
Then
we
went
into
business
together
.
My
deceased
relative
,
whom
I
had
never
seen
as
far
as
I
myself
remembered
,
but
who
had
seen
me
as
a
motherless
baby
in
my
nurse
's
arms
,
had
left
me
everything
he
possessed
unconditionally
,
including
several
rare
collections
of
pictures
,
jewels
and
curios
.
His
will
was
so
concisely
and
clearly
worded
that
there
were
no
possibilities
of
any
legal
hair-splitting
over
it
--
and
I
was
informed
that
in
a
week
or
ten
days
at
the
utmost
everything
would
be
in
order
and
at
my
sole
disposition
.
