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'Me think! said the provost; 'I never thought twice about it, Mr. Fairford; it was neither fish, nor flesh, nor salt herring of mine. 'And I "able to advise"! said Mr. Maxwell of Summertrees; 'what the devil can I advise you to do, excepting to send the bellman through the town to cry your lost sheep, as they do spaniel dogs or stray ponies?
'We are private here, young man; and as some time has been wasted already, you will be so kind as to tell me what is your errand. Is it about the way of business, or the other job? 'My business with you, Mr. Trumbull, is to request you will find me the means of delivering this letter, from Mr. Maxwell of Summertrees to the Laird of Redgauntlet. 'Humph fashious job!
'May I ask what became of your friend, sir? said Alan Fairford. 'Ah, poor Harry! said Summertrees.
'You are a mettled young man, said Summertrees, evidently with increasing goodwill, on observing an alertness and contempt of danger, which perhaps he did not expect from Alan's appearance and profession, 'a very mettled young fellow indeed! and it is almost a pity' Here he stopped abort. 'What is a pity? said Fairford.
As I understand it, I simply call and receive the money through the forgetfulness of the persons on my list, but where I think you would have both Summertrees and myself, if there was anything in your audacious theory, would be an indictment for conspiracy. Still, I quite see how the mistake arises.
'D'ye hear that, provost? said Summertrees; 'your wife's a witch, man; you should nail a horseshoe on your chamber door Ha, ha, ha! This sally did not take quite so well as former efforts of the laird's wit. 'You can speak from experience, doubtless, provost, answered the laird; 'but I crave pardon I need not tell Mrs.
Macpherson made no protest against Hale's use of the telephone; he merely sat back in his chair with a resigned expression on his face which, if painted on canvas, might have been entitled 'The Falsely Accused. When Hale rang off, Macpherson said, 'Of course you know your own business best, but if your man arrests Summertrees, he will make you the laughing-stock of London.
Podgers has done everything a man can do, but I thought if you got into the house, Podgers assisting, you might go through it night after night at your leisure. 'I see. That's just a little dangerous in England. I think I should prefer to assure myself the legitimate standing of being the amiable Podgers' successor. You say that Summertrees has no business?
But here is a gentleman dying, with letters about him from the Laird of Summertrees to the Laird of the Lochs, as they call him, along Solway, and every minute he lies here is a nail in his coffin. 'Saint Mary! what shall we do? said Miss Arthuret; 'we must admit him, I think, at all risks.
Fairford despised a falsehood as much as any man, unless, perhaps, as Tom Turnpenny might have said, 'in the way of business. He answered readily and firmly, 'The seal was whole when the letter was delivered to me by Mr. Maxwell of Summertrees.
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