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appreciate my danger。'



'I think you never do��' said he。



'But yet surely that public scene ´ ' I began。



'It was madness。  I quite agree with you��' Mr。 Romaine interrupted。  

'But it was your uncle's orders�察�Mr。 Anne�察�and what could I do�拭 �

Tell him you were the murderer of Goguelat�拭 �I think not。'



'No�察�sure��' said I。  'That would but have been to make the trouble 

thicker。  We were certainly in a very ill posture。'



'You do not yet appreciate how grave it was��' he replied。  'It was 

necessary for you that your cousin should go�察�and go at once。  You 

yourself had to leave to´night under cover of darkness�察�and how 

could you have done that with the Viscount in the next room�拭 �He 

must go�察�then�察�he must leave without delay。  And that was the 

difficulty。'



'Pardon me�察�Mr。 Romaine�察�but could not my uncle have bidden him 

go��' I asked。



'Why�察�I see I must tell you that this is not so simple as it 

sounds��' he replied。  'You say this is your uncle's house�察�and so 

it is。  But to all effects and purposes it is your cousin's also。  

He has rooms here�察�has had them coming on for thirty years now�察�and 

they are filled with a prodigious accumulation of trash ´ stays�察�I 

dare say�察�and powder´puffs�察�and such effeminate idiocy ´ to which 

none could dispute his title�察�even suppose any one wanted to。  We 

had a perfect right to bid him go�察�and he had a perfect right to 

reply�察 �Yes�察�I will go�察�but not without my stays and cravats。  I 

must first get together the nine´hundred´and´ninety´nine chestsfull 

of insufferable rubbish�察�that I have spent the last thirty years 

collecting ´ and may very well spend the next thirty hours a´

packing of。;  And what should we have said to that��'



'By way of repartee��' I asked。  'Two tall footmen and a pair of 

crabtree cudgels�察�I suggest。'



'The Lord deliver me from the wisdom of laymen��' cried Romaine。  

'Put myself in the wrong at the beginning of a lawsuit�拭 �No�察�

indeed�  �There was but one thing to do�察�and I did it�察�and burned my 

last cartridge in the doing of it。  I stunned him。  And it gave us 

three hours�察�by which we should make haste to profit�察�for if there 

is one thing sure�察�it is that he will be up to time again to´morrow 

in the morning。'



'Well��' said I�察�'I own myself an idiot。  Well do they say�察�AN OLD 

SOLDIER�察�AN OLD INNOCENT�  �For I guessed nothing of all this。'



'And�察�guessing it�察�have you the same objections to leave England��' 

he inquired。



'The same��' said I。



'It is indispensable��' he objected。



'And it cannot be��' I replied。  'Reason has nothing to say in the 

matter�察�and I must not let you squander any of yours。  It will be 

enough to tell you this is an affair of the heart。'



'Is it even so��' quoth Romaine�察�nodding his head。  'And I might 

have been sure of it。  Place them in a hospital�察�put them in a jail 

in yellow overalls�察�do what you will�察�young Jessamy finds young 

Jenny。  O�察�have it your own way�察�I am too old a hand to argue with 

young gentlemen who choose to fancy themselves in love�察�I have too 

much experience�察�thank you。  Only�察�be sure that you appreciate what 

you risk�此�the prison�察�the dock�察�the gallows�察�and the halter ´ 

terribly vulgar circumstances�察�my young friend�察�grim�察�sordid�察�

earnest�察�no poetry in that��'



'And there I am warned��' I returned gaily。  'No man could be warned 

more finely or with a greater eloquence。  And I am of the same 

opinion still。  Until I have again seen that lady�察�nothing shall 

induce me to quit Great Britain。  I have besides ´ '



And here I came to a full stop。  It was upon my tongue to have told 

him the story of the drovers�察�but at the first word of it my voice 

died in my throat。  There might be a limit to the lawyer's 

toleration�察�I reflected。  I had not been so long in Britain 

altogether�察�for the most part of that time I had been by the heels 

in limbo in Edinburgh Castle�察�and already I had confessed to 

killing one man with a pair of scissors�察�and now I was to go on and 

plead guilty to having settled another with a holly stick�  �A wave 

of discretion went over me as cold and as deep as the sea。



'In short�察�sir�察�this is a matter of feeling��' I concluded�察�'and 

nothing will prevent my going to Edinburgh。'



If I had fired a pistol in his ear he could not have been more 

startled。



'To Edinburgh��' he repeated。  'Edinburgh�拭�where the very paving´

stones know you��'



'Then is the murder out��' said I。  'But�察�Mr。 Romaine�察�is there not 

sometimes safety in boldness�拭 �Is it not a common´place of strategy 

to get where the enemy least expects you�拭 �And where would he 

expect me less��'



'Faith�察�there is something in that�察�too��' cried the lawyer。  'Ay�察�

certainly�察�a great deal in that。  All the witnesses drowned but 

one�察�and he safe in prison�察�you yourself changed beyond recognition 

´ let us hope ´ and walking the streets of the very town you have 

illustrated by your ´ well�察�your eccentricity�  �It is not badly 

combined�察�indeed��'



'You approve it�察�then��' said I。



'O�察�approve��' said he�察�'there is no question of approval。  There is 

only one course which I could approve�察�and that were to escape to 

France instanter。'



'You do not wholly disapprove�察�at least��' I substituted。



'Not wholly�察�and it would not matter if I did��' he replied。  'Go 

your own way�察�you are beyond argument。  And I am not sure that you 

will run more danger by that course than by any other。  Give the 

servants time to get to bed and fall asleep�察�then take a country 

cross´road and walk�察�as the rhyme has it�察�like blazes all night。  

In the morning take a chaise or take the mail at pleasure�察�and 

continue your journey with all the decorum and reserve of which you 

shall be found capable。'



'I am taking the picture in��' I said。  'Give me time。  'Tis  the 

TOUT ENSEMBLE I must see�此�the whole as opposed to the details。'



'Mountebank��' he murmured。



'Yes�察�I have it now�察�and I see myself with a servant�察�and that 

servant is Rowley��' said I。



'So as to have one more link with your uncle��' suggested the 

lawyer。  'Very judicious��'



'And�察�pardon me�察�but that is what it is��' I exclaimed。  'Judicious 

is the word。  I am not making a deception fit to last for thirty 

years�察�I do not found a palace in the living granite for the night。  

This is a shelter tent ´ a flying picture ´ seen�察�admired�察�and gone 

again in the wink of an eye。  What is wanted�察�in short�察�is a 

TROMPE´L'OEIL that shall be good enough for twelve hours at an inn�此�

is it not so��'



'It is�察�and the objection holds。  Rowley is but another danger��' 

said Romaine。



'Rowley��' said I�察�'will pass as a servant from a distance ´ as a 

creature seen poised on the dicky of a bowling chaise。  He will 

pass at hand as a smart�察�civil fellow one meets in the inn 

corridor�察�and looks back at�察�and asks�察�and is told�察 �Gentleman's 

servant in Number 4。;  He will pass�察�in fact�察�all round�察�except 

with his personal friends�  �My dear sir�察�pray what do you expect�拭 �

Of course if we meet my cousin�察�or if we meet anybody who took part 

in the judicious exhibition of this evening�察�we are lost�察�and who's 

denying it�拭 �To every disguise�察�however good and safe�察�there is 

always the weak point�察�you must always take ��let us say ´ and to 

take a simile from your own waistcoat pocket�� a snuff box´full of 

risk。  You'll get it just as small with Rowley as with anybody 

else。  And the long and short of it is�察�the lad's honest�察�he likes 

me�察�I trust him�察�he is my servant�察�or nobody。'



'He might not accept��' said Romaine。



'I bet you a thousand pounds he does��' cried I。  'But no matter�察�

all you have to do is to send him out to´night on this cross´

country business�察�and leave the thing to me。  I tell you�察�he will 

be my servant�察�and I tell you�察�he will do well。'



I had crossed the room�察�and was already overhauling my wardrobe as 

I spoke。



'Well��' concluded the lawyer�察�with a shrug�察�'one risk with another�此�

A GUERRE COMME A LA GUERRE�察�as you would say。  Let the brat come 

and be useful�察�at least。'  And he was about to ring the bell�察�when 

his eye was caught by my researches in the wardrobe。  'Do not fall 

in love with these coats�察�waistcoats�察�cravats�察�and other panoply 

and accoutrements by which you are now surrounded。  You must not 

run the post as a dandy。  It is not the fashion�察�even。'



'You are pleased to be facetious�察�sir��' said I�察�'and not according 

to knowledge。  These clothes are my life�察�they are my disguise�察�and 

since I can take but few of them�察�I were a fool indeed if I 

selected hastily�  �Will you understand�察�once and for all�察�what I am 

seeking�拭 �To be invisible�察�is the first point�察�the second�察�to be 

invisible in a post´chaise and with a servant。  Can you not 

perceive the delicacy of the quest�拭 �Nothing must be too coarse�察�

nothing too fine�察�RIEN DE VOYANT�察�RIEN QUI DELONNE�察�so that I may 

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