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Folliot smoked a while in more reflective silence. "Aye, well!" he said at last. "I suppose you haven't put these ideas of yours before anybody, now?" "Present ideas?" asked Glassdale, sharply. "Not to a soul! I've not had 'em very long." "You're the sort of man that another man can do a deal with, I suppose?" suggested Folliot. "That is, if it's made worth your while, of course?"
And as he fell, Folliot, scarcely looking at what he had done, drew his other hand from his pocket, slipped something into his mouth and sat down in the big chair behind him ... and within a moment the other men in the room were looking with horrified faces from one dead face to another. When Bryce had left her, Mary Bewery had gone into the house to await Ransford's return from town.
"When I left Glassdale at noon," continued Bryce, "I'd no idea and I don't think he had that he was coming to see you. But I know what put the notion into his head. I gave him copies of those two reward bills. He no doubt thought he might make a bit and so he came in to town, and to you." "Well?" asked Folliot.
You know very well that at that second inquest he said on oath, too that he knew nothing of these affairs. I repeat, there isn't a decent soul in the city doubts that!" "Oh, but you're quite wrong!" said Mrs. Folliot, hurriedly. "Quite wrong, I assure you, my dear. Of course, everybody knows what Dr.
And it's no use beating about the bush what have you to say about this Braden affair, and your share with Folliot in it, whose real name is Wraye. It's all come out about the two of you. If you've anything to say, you'd better say it." The verger, whose black gown lay thrown across the back of a chair, looked from one face to another with frightened eyes.
Folliot, "tells me that yesterday Miss Bewery came into Gardales' and spent a sovereign actually a sovereign! on a wreath, which, she told Sackville, she was about to carry, at her guardian's desire, to this strange man's grave. Sackville, who is a warm-hearted boy, was touched he, too, bought flowers and accompanied Miss Bewery. Most extraordinary! A perfect stranger!
Folliot, in her way, was undoubtedly a power and for reasons of his own Pemberton Bryce, whenever he met her which was fairly often was invariably suave and polite. "Most mysterious thing, this, Dr. Bryce," remarked Mrs.
He caught sight of Mary as she passed the open doorway and called her back. "Come in and have a look at some new roses I've got," he said. "Beauties! I'll give you a handful to carry home." Mary rather liked Mr. Folliot. He was a big, half-asleep sort of man, who had few words and could talk about little else than his hobby.
He was evidently thinking deeply, and Bryce made no attempt to disturb him. Some minutes went by before Folliot took the cigar from his lips and leaning against the chimneypiece looked fixedly at his visitor. "Look here, my lad!" he said, earnestly.
It was close on five o'clock when Glassdale, leaving Folliot at his garden door, turned the corner into the quietness of the Precincts. He walked about there a while, staring at the queer old houses with eyes which saw neither fantastic gables nor twisted chimneys. Glassdale was thinking.
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