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He straightened himself as he caught sight of Barrant, and opened the sliding window. The detective inquired about the wagonette, and learnt that it had not yet arrived. "The roouds is rough, and old Garge Crows takes his time," said the landlord, eyeing Barrant with a heavy stare. "'Tain't as thow 'e had a passel of passergers to be teeren rownd after."
"It's a wonder he drives the wagonette at all, if there is no demand for it," remarked Barrant. "Aw, there's a'plenty demand for it always lots of passergers except by this one," rejoined the man in the blue suit. "You'd be surprised how people gets about in these paarts." He was studying the detective's face with interest. "You be a Londoner," he said quickly. "What braught you down here?"
Fair," said Barrant. "I doan't allow no passergers to sit alongside o' me." "You'll have to put up with it for once," returned Barrant curtly, in no way softened by the odour of Mr. Crows' breath. As this was a reply which no resident of St. Fair would have dared to make, Mr.
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