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Chapter 31

           ‘Now,whatisthis,aboutthishereboythattheservantsarea-talkingon?’saidBlathers.

           ‘Nothingatall,’repliedthedoctor.‘Oneofthefrightenedservantschosetotakeitintohishead,thathehadsomethingtodowiththisattempttobreakintothehouse;butit’snonsense:sheerabsurdity.

           ‘Weryeasydisposedof,ifitis,’remarkedDuff.

           ‘Whathesaysisquitecorrect,’observedBlathers,noddinghisheadinaconfirmatoryway,andplayingcarelesslywiththehandcuffs,asiftheywereapairofcastanets.‘Whoistheboy?

           Whataccountdoeshegiveofhimself?Wheredidhecomefrom?Hedidn’tdropoutoftheclouds,didhe,master?’

           ‘Ofcoursenot,’repliedthedoctor,withanervousglanceatthetwoladies.‘Iknowhiswholehistory:butwecantalkaboutthatpresently.Youwouldlike,first,toseetheplacewherethethievesmadetheirattempt,Isuppose?’

           ‘Certainly,’rejoinedMr.Blathers.‘Wehadbetterinspectthepremisesfirst,andexaminetheservantsafterwards.That’stheusualwayofdoingbusiness.

           Lightswerethenprocured;andMessrs.BlathersandDuff,attendedbythenativeconstable,Brittles,Giles,andeverybodyelseinshort,wentintothelittleroomattheendofthepassageandlookedoutatthewindow;andafterwardswentroundbywayofthelawn,andlookedinatthewindow;andafterthat,hadacandlehandedouttoinspecttheshutterwith;andafterthat,alanterntotracethefootstepswith;andafterthat,apitchforktopokethebusheswith.

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