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Attorney and Client

           ButhesaidyouandIbeganit,andashehadmethereforwedidIputouracquaintanceontheoldfooting.That’showIcometoknowwhatthey’reupto.""Youhaven’tlookedinatall?""Tony,"saysMr.Guppy,alittledisconcerted,"tobeunreservedwithyou,Idon’tgreatlyrelishthehouse,exceptinyourcompany,andthereforeIhavenot;andthereforeIproposedthislittleappointmentforourfetchingawayyourthings.Theregoesthehourbytheclock!Tony"Mr.Guppybecomesmysteriouslyandtenderlyeloquent"itisnecessarythatIshouldimpressuponyourmindoncemorethatcircumstancesoverwhichIhavenocontrolhavemadeamelancholyalterationinmymostcherishedplansandinthatunrequitedimagewhichIformerlymentionedtoyouasafriend.Thatimageisshattered,andthatidolislaidlow.MyonlywishnowinconnexionwiththeobjectswhichIhadanideaofcarryingoutinthecourtwithyouraidasafriendistolet’emaloneandbury’eminoblivion.Doyouthinkitpossible,doyouthinkitatalllikely(Iputittoyou,Tony,asafriend),fromyourknowledgeofthatcapriciousanddeepoldcharacterwhofellapreytothespontaneouselement,doyou,Tony,thinkitatalllikelythatonsecondthoughtsheputthoselettersawayanywhere,afteryousawhimalive,andthattheywerenotdestroyedthatnight?"Mr.Weevlereflectsforsometime.Shakeshishead.Decidedlythinksnot."Tony,"saysMr.Guppyastheywalktowardsthecourt,"onceagainunderstandme,asafriend.Withoutenteringintofurtherexplanations,Imayrepeatthattheidolisdown.

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