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His acquaintance lay mostly among the dependents and tenants of his landlord, Lord Aylesbury, and as his chief pursuit appeared to me to be directed towards amassing a fortune, and as our tastes were cast in a very different mould, our friendship, though we were upon very good terms, was not of the inseparable kind.
It was about this period, however, that Laura's father suddenly received a note from Lord Aylesbury to the following effect: "Your grace and I being somewhat similarly situated in several respects, I think fit to give you intimation of my views at the present moment.
Consequences of the utmost magnitude may sometimes depend on the exercise of the right of suffrage by one or a few electors. Nobody was ever yet heard to contend, however, that on that account the public might take away the right, or impair it. This notion appears to be borrowed from no better source than the repudiated doctrine of the three judges in the Aylesbury case.
I was still groping for the significance of this point when, re- crossing the hall, we entered the library again, to find Inspector Aylesbury posed squarely before the mantelpiece stating his case to Wessex. "You see," he was saying, in his most oratorical manner, as we entered, "every little detail fits perfectly into place. For instance, I find that a woman, called Mrs.
Twenty minutes later he was robbing a lonely motorist midway between Thame and Aylesbury. Then for forty minutes he appeared to have been idle, his next two exploits taking place within five minutes of each other, just after ten, in the neighbourhood of Amersham. King's Langley was the scene of his next adventure, the time given being about a quarter of an hour before he had overtaken us.
Knox, had joined me, and I sent him for assistance." "But what steps did you take to apprehend the murderer?" Paul Harley looked at him quietly. "What steps should you have taken?" he asked. Inspector Aylesbury cleared his throat again, and: "I don't think I should have let my man slip through my fingers like that," he replied. "Why! by now he may be out of the county."
We are going to anticipate the probable movements of our blundering Aylesbury. In short, I wish you to present me to Mr. Colin Camber." "What?" I exclaimed, staring at him incredulously. "I am going to ask you," he began, and then, breaking off: "Quick, Knox, run!" he said. And thereupon, to my amazement, he set off through the rhododendron bushes in the direction of the tower!
Thence I walked briskly into Aylesbury, rejoicing in my freedom and the causeless good spirits that belong to a snowy morning; though, to be sure, long before I had arrived the snow had again ceased to fall, and the eaves of Aylesbury were smoking in the level sun.
"And now, Inspector Aylesbury." Inspector Aylesbury stamped noisily across the little hut, and peered out, briefly. "I can see the garden," he said. "Can you see the sun-dial?" "Quite clearly." "Good. And now you, Knox." I followed, filled with astonishment. "Do you see the sun-dial?" asked Harley, again. "Quite clearly." "And beyond it?" "Yes, I can see beyond it.
'Now, Rowley, said I, 'so far so good. You have come, in the most obliging manner in the world, to carry these valises. The question is, what next? What are we to do at Aylesbury? or, more particularly, what are you? Thence, I go on a journey. Are you to accompany me? He gave a little chuckle. 'That's all settled already, Mr. Anne, sir, he replied.
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