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"
True
,
"
said
Mr.
Rankeillor
.
"
And
yet
I
imagine
it
was
natural
enough
.
He
could
not
think
that
he
had
played
a
handsome
part
.
Those
who
knew
the
story
gave
him
the
cold
shoulder
;
those
who
knew
it
not
,
seeing
one
brother
disappear
,
and
the
other
succeed
in
the
estate
,
raised
a
cry
of
murder
;
so
that
upon
all
sides
he
found
himself
evited
.
Money
was
all
he
got
by
his
bargain
;
well
,
he
came
to
think
the
more
of
money
.
He
was
selfish
when
he
was
young
,
he
is
selfish
now
that
he
is
old
;
and
the
latter
end
of
all
these
pretty
manners
and
fine
feelings
you
have
seen
for
yourself
.
"
"
Well
,
sir
,
"
said
I
,
"
and
in
all
this
,
what
is
my
position
?
"
"
The
estate
is
yours
beyond
a
doubt
,
"
replied
the
lawyer
.
"
It
matters
nothing
what
your
father
signed
,
you
are
the
heir
of
entail
.
But
your
uncle
is
a
man
to
fight
the
indefensible
;
and
it
would
be
likely
your
identity
that
he
would
call
in
question
.
A
lawsuit
is
always
expensive
,
and
a
family
lawsuit
always
scandalous
;
besides
which
,
if
any
of
your
doings
with
your
friend
Mr.
Thomson
were
to
come
out
,
we
might
find
that
we
had
burned
our
fingers
.
The
kidnapping
,
to
be
sure
,
would
be
a
court
card
upon
our
side
,
if
we
could
only
prove
it
.
But
it
may
be
difficult
to
prove
;
and
my
advice
(
upon
the
whole
)
is
to
make
a
very
easy
bargain
with
your
uncle
,
perhaps
even
leaving
him
at
Shaws
where
he
has
taken
root
for
a
quarter
of
a
century
,
and
contenting
yourself
in
the
meanwhile
with
a
fair
provision
.
"
I
told
him
I
was
very
willing
to
be
easy
,
and
that
to
carry
family
concerns
before
the
public
was
a
step
from
which
I
was
naturally
much
averse
.
In
the
meantime
(
thinking
to
myself
)
I
began
to
see
the
outlines
of
that
scheme
on
which
we
afterwards
acted
.
"
The
great
affair
,
"
I
asked
,
"
is
to
bring
home
to
him
the
kidnapping
?
"
"
Surely
,
"
said
Mr.
Rankeillor
,
"
and
if
possible
,
out
of
court
.
For
mark
you
here
,
Mr.
David
:
we
could
no
doubt
find
some
men
of
the
Covenant
who
would
swear
to
your
reclusion
;
but
once
they
were
in
the
box
,
we
could
no
longer
check
their
testimony
,
and
some
word
of
your
friend
Mr.
Thomson
must
certainly
crop
out
.
Which
(
from
what
you
have
let
fall
)
I
can
not
think
to
be
desirable
.
"
"
Well
,
sir
,
"
said
I
,
"
here
is
my
way
of
it
.
"
And
I
opened
my
plot
to
him
.
"
But
this
would
seem
to
involve
my
meeting
the
man
Thomson
?
"
says
he
,
when
I
had
done
.
"
I
think
so
,
indeed
,
sir
,
"
said
I.
