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Chapter 5

           Ilaughedagainwithatriflelessboisterousness.

           "Well,peoplehaveallsortsoffanciesnow-a-days"—Isaid;"WhatwithBlavatskyism,Besantismandhypnotism,itisnowonderifsomefolksstillhaveafaintcredenceinthesillyoldsuperstitionofadevil’sexistence.Butforathoroughlysensibleman....""Yes—er,yes;"—interruptedMrEllis—"Yourrelative,MrTempest,wasathoroughlysensibleman,andthis—er—thisideawastheonlyfancythateverappearedtohavetakenrootinhiseminentlypracticalmind.Beingonlyanidea,itseemedhardlyworthmentioning—butperhapsitiswell—MrBenthamagreeingwithme—thatwehavementionedit."

           "Itisasatisfactionandrelieftoourselves,"—saidMrBentham,"tohavehaditmentioned."

           Ismiled,andthankingthem,rosetogo.Theybowedtomeoncemore,simultaneously,lookingalmostliketwinbrothers,soidenticallyhadtheirunitedpracticeofthelawimpresseditselfupontheirfeatures.

           "Good-dayMrTempest,"—saidMrBentham—"Ineedscarcelysaythatweshallserveyouasweservedourlateclient,tothebestofourability.Andinmatterswhereadvicemaybepleasantorprofitable,wemaypossiblybeofusetoyou.Mayweaskwhetheryourequireanycashadvancesimmediately?"

           "No,thankyou,"—Ianswered,feelinggratefultomyfriendRimânezforhavingplacedmeinaperfectlyindependentpositiontoconfrontthesesolicitors—"Iamamplyprovided."

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