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"Faith, the cause of it was insolence, and right well has it been punished," replied Mr. Brown. "But come into the other room, and I'll tell you the whole story." Our host followed the ex-inspector to the room where we had supped, while I left the now quiet crowd as soon as possible, and passed out of doors with Mike at my heels.
"And of course you remember that I landed at that city ten years since, with one hundred pounds in my pocket?" "Large numbers of emigrants arrived with more money than that," replied the ex-inspector. "But my case was a peculiar one, for the first night that I stopped on shore my hundred pounds were stolen," continued Mr. Wright.
"That's not true! Some one has lied to you." The new-comer took a card from his pocket and handed it to Victor, who read on it: "Grimaudan, ex-inspector of the detective force. Private business transacted." Victor shuddered as he said: "You are connected with the police?" "No, not now, but I have a liking for the business and I continue to work at it in a manner more profitable.
"Why, you rascal!" exclaimed the ex-inspector, "I've a good mind to lock you up until you eat humble pie for six weeks to come." "No, you don't," replied Steel Spring, with a chuckle, "'cos you ain't inspector no more, no how, and you can't lock a covey up, and you know it." "He has you there, Mr.
Ha, ha! Set the dogs on 'em!" "A precocious parrot," said Mr. Wright, "and he is indebted for his profanity to my men, who learn him much that is bad, and little that is good, and to tell the truth, he learns the former much more readily than the latter." "In which he closely resembles our policemen," muttered the ex-inspector. "These gentlemen are my friends," said Mr.
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