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But nothing that Burwell could do or say availed against his friend's decision. There was nothing for it but that Evelyth should buy his partner's share of the business or that Burwell buy out the other. The man was more than fair in the financial proposition he made; he was generous, as he always had been, but his determination was inflexible; the two must separate. And they did.
The man was my partner, poor Jack Evelyth; the woman was my wife. How can a man be so cursed, doctor, that his love and friendship bring only misery to those who share it? How can it be that one who has in his heart only good thoughts can be constantly under the shadow of evil?
"Jack," was his first word, "I am in dreadful trouble, and you are the only man in the world who can help me." An hour later Burwell sat at his friend's dinner table, talking over the situation. Evelyth was all kindness, and several times as he listened to Burwell's story his eyes filled with tears.
His agitation and genuine suffering affected Burwell like a death sentence. "Speak, man," he cried; "do not spare me. I can bear anything rather than this awful uncertainty. Tell me what the card means." Evelyth took a swallow of brandy and sat with head bent on his clasped hands. "No, I can't do it; there are some things a man must not do." Then he was silent again, his brows knitted.
During the voyage he scarcely left his stateroom, but lay there prostrated with agony. In this black despondency the one thing that sustained him was the thought of meeting his partner, Jack Evelyth, the friend of his boyhood, the sharer of his success, the bravest, most loyal fellow in the world.
"It does not seem possible, Richard," he said, "that such things can be; but I will stand by you; we will fight it out together. But we cannot strike in the dark. Let me see this card." "There is the damned thing," Burwell said, throwing it on the table. Evelyth opened the envelope, took out the card, and fixed his eyes on the sprawling purple characters. "Can you read it?"
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