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           HethoughtthattheaffairwithLordSteynewasalreadyinthepublicprints.SmithlookedupwonderingandsmilingattheagitationwhichtheColonelexhibitedashetookupthepaperand,trembling,begantoread.

           Mr.SmithandMr.Brown(thegentlemanwith.whomRawdonhadtheoutstandingwhistaccount)hadbeentalkingabouttheColoneljustbeforehecamein.

           "Itiscomejustinthenickoftime,"saidSmith."IsupposeCrawleyhadnotashillingintheworld."

           "It’sawindthatblowseverybodygood,"Mr.Brownsaid."Hecan’tgoawaywithoutpayingmeaponyheowesme."

           "What’sthesalary?"askedSmith.

           "Twoorthreethousand,"answeredtheother."Buttheclimate’ssoinfernal,theydon’tenjoyitlong.Liverseegediedaftereighteenmonthsofit,andthemanbeforewentoffinsixweeks,Ihear."

           "Somepeoplesayhisbrotherisaverycleverman.Ialwaysfoundhimad———bore,"Smithejaculated."Hemusthavegoodinterest,though.HemusthavegottheColoneltheplace."

           "He!"saidBrown.withasneer."Pooh.ItwasLordSteynegotit.

           "Howdoyoumean?"

           "Avirtuouswomanisacrowntoherhusband,"answeredtheotherenigmatically,andwenttoreadhispapers.

           Rawdon,forhispart,readintheRoyalistthefollowingastonishingparagraph:

           GOVERNORSHIPOFCOVENTRYISLAND.H.M.S.

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