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As likely as not the identity he had supposed for them was quite imaginary; yet it would be easy to ascertain whether a Warricombe family dwelt at Exeter. The forename of Buckland's father ? He never had known it. Still, it was worth while consulting a directory. He walked to his hotel. Yes, the name Warricombe stood there, but it occurred more than once. He sought counsel of the landlord.
His forename was Laurence: Emily, in letters to her father, used to call him Lorenzo the Magnificent, a title which became him well enough. In the collection of works of art he was really great; he must have spent appalling sums annually on his picture gallery and the minor ornaments scattered about his house.
That is, it goes a good way back, clean to the old Squire's time no such a Squire as Pettijohn, forename James, mind ye but a good, high-sprung, old-fashioned gentleman; with high-up English blood in his veins, an' a reg'lar English temper to balance the blood. Never did a dirty trick in his life nor an unjust one except to his own and only son.
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