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'Might I have a word, sir, if you are at leisure? 'Well, Keggs? 'Miss Elsa, sir. 'Yes? Kegg's voice took on a sympathetic softness. 'It was not my place, sir, to make any remark while in the dining-room, but I could not 'elp but hoverhear the conversation. I gathered from remarks that was passed that you was somewhat hat a loss to account for Miss Elsa's non-appearance, sir.
She had thought he was taunting her! He must explain at once. He 'Hock or sherry, sir? He looked up into Kegg's expressionless eyes. The butler was wearing his on-duty mask. There was no sign of triumph in his face. 'Oh, sherry. I mean hock. No, sherry. Neither. This was awful. He must put this right. 'Elsa, he said. She was engrossed in her conversation with her neighbour.
Kegg's at Shadwell Dock, where, though for some small space he continued safe, yet the terrors and apprehensions he was under were more choking and uneasy than all the miseries he experienced after his being taken up. Such is the weight of blood, and such the dreadful condition of the wicked.
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