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When she had concluded Enid, with whom Walter was seated, rose and passed into the small conservatory, which was prettily illuminated with fairy lights. As soon as they were alone she turned to him in eager distress, saying: "Walter, do, I beg of you, beware of that man!" "Of what man?" he asked in quick surprise. "Of Doctor Weirmarsh." "Why? I don't know him. I never met him until to-night.
On being recalled to London, after war had been declared, I was approached by the fellow Weirmarsh who, to my horror, had, by some unaccountable means, obtained knowledge of my indiscretion! At first he adopted a high moral tone, upbraiding me for my fault and threatening to inform against me. This I begged him not to do.
"But this is abominable outrageous!" Weirmarsh cried, shaking him off. "I've committed no offence." "That is a matter for later consideration," calmly replied the man who had devoted so much of his time and money to the investigation of mysteries of crime.
"No; of the suspicion, nay, ruin and imprisonment, that would fall upon another person," replied Sir Hugh. "No suspicion can be aroused if you are careful, I repeat," exclaimed Weirmarsh impatiently. "Not a breath of suspicion has ever fallen upon you up to the present, has it? No, because you have exercised foresight and have followed to the letter the plans I made.
Therefore, as Weirmarsh spoke French, Italian and Spanish with equal fluency, it was not surprising that he had formed quite a large practice among foreign residents. His appearance, however, was the reverse of prepossessing, and his movements were often most erratic.
Weirmarsh, who sat in the deep green leather arm-chair, with the tips of his fingers placed together. The general glanced suspiciously at the door to reassure himself that it was closed. "You ask too much," he said. Then, in a decisive voice, while his fingers toyed nervously with his monocle, he added, "I have resolved to end it once and for all."
"Weirmarsh!" exclaimed the novelist in surprise. "I was not aware that he was in London!" "He's been abroad in Copenhagen, I think. He has a brother living there." "He had a private talk with your stepfather, of course?" "Yes, as usual, they were in the study for quite a long time nearly two hours. And," added the girl, "I believe that at last they quarrelled.
And further, Fetherston, notwithstanding his acuteness in observation, was in blissful ignorance, as he strolled back from the station at Commercy, up the old-world street, that a short distance behind him, carefully watching all his movements, was the man Joseph Blot himself the man known in dingy Pimlico as Dr. Weirmarsh.
"The past will all be forgiven now that Sir Hugh has been able to expose and unmask Weirmarsh and his band," Walter assured her. "A great sensation may possibly result, but it will, in any case, show that even though an Englishman may be bought, he can still remain honest.
Her explanation was merely that Paul had been called away by a man who had met him outside. The old man sighed, biting his lip. He cursed himself for his dastardly work, even though he had been compelled by Weirmarsh to execute it on pain of exposure and consequent ruin.
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