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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
lea