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Chapter 30. The Word of a Gentleman

           Butthisisnotsooldasthewatch,Ithink?’

           ‘Ithinknot.’

           ‘Extraordinaryhowtheyusedtocomplicatethesecyphers!’remarkedMrBlandois,glancingupwithhisownsmileagain.‘NowisthisD.N.F.?Itmightbealmostanything.’

           ‘Thosearetheletters.’

           MrFlintwinch,whohadbeenobservantlypausingallthistimewithacupofteainhishand,andhismouthopenreadytoswallowthecontents,begantodoso:alwaysentirelyfillinghismouthbeforeheemptieditatagulp;andalwaysdeliberatingagainbeforeherefilledit.

           ‘D.N.F.wassometender,lovely,fascinatingfair-creature,Imakenodoubt,’observedMrBlandois,ashesnappedonthecaseagain.‘Iadorehermemoryontheassumption.Unfortunatelyformypeaceofmind,Iadorebuttooreadily.Itmaybeavice,itmaybeavirtue,butadorationoffemalebeautyandmeritconstitutesthreepartsofmycharacter,madam.’

           MrFlintwinchhadbythistimepouredhimselfoutanothercupoftea,whichhewasswallowingingulpsasbefore,withhiseyesdirectedtotheinvalid.

           ‘Youmaybeheart-freehere,sir,’shereturnedtoMrBlandois.‘Thoselettersarenotintended,Ibelieve,fortheinitialsofanyname.’

           ‘Ofamotto,perhaps,’saidMrBlandois,casually.

           ‘Ofasentence.Theyhavealwaysstood,Ibelieve,forDoNotForget!’

           ‘Andnaturally,’saidMrBlandois,replacingthewatchandsteppingbackwardtohisformerchair,‘youdonotforget.

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