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"Well," said the one who was called Goldicutt, and who was a jovial old gentleman with a pink face and white whiskers, "we're not exactly going to take the trouble of getting out at the next station, and bringing you back to Dufferton, just to oblige that hot-tempered master of yours, you know; he hasn't been so particularly civil as to deserve that."
"The guard must have fancied he felt something; and yet Look here, Goldicutt; just feel under here with your feet. It certainly does seem as if something soft was eh?" Mr. Goldicutt accordingly explored Paul's ribs with his boot for some moments, which was very painful. "Upon my word," he said at last, "it really does seem very like it. It's not hard enough for a bag or a hat-box.
Goldicutt, as he put Paul into a cab, and pressed half-a-sovereign into his unwilling hand, "is to go straight home to Papa and tell him all about it. I daresay he won't be very hard on you here's my card, refer him to me if you like. Good-night, my boy, good-night, and good luck to you. Gad, the best joke I've had for years!"
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