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Then he disappeared. Clever people said it was because the Department was afraid he had still much to answer for; stupid people simply envied him. Mrs. Awksby, whom everybody knew had been the cause of breaking off the match, was now wild to know the reason of Sparkley's retirement. She attacked heaven and earth, and even went a step higher to the Viceroy.
"Then you think Mrs. Awksby had nothing to do with it?" I said. "Nothing absolutely nothing. By the way, if you see that lady, you might tell her that I have possession of that brocade easy-chair which used to stand in the corner of her boudoir. You remember it, faded white and yellow, with one of the casters off and a little frayed at the back, but rather soft-spoken and amiable?
When I returned to Simla I told Mrs. Awksby of my discoveries, and spoke of the armchair. I fancied she colored slightly, but quickly recovered. "Dear old Sparkley," she said sweetly; "he WAS a champion liar!" I had not seen Mulledwiney for several days. Knowing the man this looked bad. So I dropped in on the Colonel. I found him in deep thought.
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