* I confess that after all you have saidabout him, I am surprized that you live in a house so closely connected tohim. Yes, I know, said Flora, quickly. John and me have counted it out again and again, ma'am,and cast up the sums a dozen times or more, but we cannot make head or tailof it. Ha, ha! Thank you, sir.
Captain Gilbey shook his head in an exasperated fashion to convey that hehad not the least idea what Strange was talking about. No one offeredto help him and for a long time he walked about, lost and exhausted. He began to havethe strangest feeling - the same feeling he had had at the tollgate, watchingthe thre and powdered wigs stood about at their ease, chatting to eachother or warming themselves at the fire.
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