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It is an account of the entertainment Mrs. Beaumont provided for her choicer guests. The man who wrote this escaped with his life, but I do not think he will live many years. The doctors tell him he must have sustained some severe shock to the nerves." Austin took the manuscript, but never read it. Opening the neat pages at haphazard his eye was caught by a word and a phrase that followed it; and, sick at heart, with white lips and a cold sweat pouring like water from his temples, he flung the paper down. IT IS AN ACCOUNT OF THE ENTERTAINMENT MISSUS BEAUMONT PROVIDED FOR HER CHOICER GUESTS THE MAN WHO WROTE THIS ESCAPED WITH HIS LIFE BUT I DO NOT THINK HE WILL LIVE MANY YEARS THE DOCTORS TELL HIM HE MUST HAVE SUSTAINED SOME SEVERE SHOCK TO THE NERVES AUSTIN TOOK THE MANUSCRIPT BUT NEVER READ IT OPENING THE NEAT PAGES AT HAPHAZARD HIS EYE WAS CAUGHT BY A WORD AND A PHRASE THAT FOLLOWED IT AND SICK AT HEART WITH WHITE LIPS AND A COLD SWEAT POURING LIKE WATER FROM HIS TEMPLES HE FLUNG THE PAPER DOWN
t.’ Of course there could be no doubt after that. I don’t know whether she saw me, but I don’t think she did. I went home at once, and, on consideration, I thought that I had a sufficiently good case with which to go to Clarke.” “Why to Clarke?” “Because I am sure that Clarke is in possession of facts about this woman, facts of which I know nothing.” “Well, what then?” Mr. Villiers leaned back in his chair and looked reflectively at Austin for a moment before he answered: “My idea was that Clarke and I should call on Mrs. Beaumont.” “You would never go into such a house as that? No, no, Villiers, you cannot do it. Besides, consider; what result...” “I will tell you soon. But I was going to say that my information does not end here; it has been completed in an extraordinary manner. “Look at this neat little packet of manuscript; it is paginated, you see, and I have indulged in the civil coquetry of a ribbon of red tape. It has almost a legal air, hasn’t it? Run your eye over it, Austin. NSWER WAS MISSUS BEAUMONT LIVES IN ASHLEY STREET OF COURSE THERE COULD BE NO DOUBT AFTER THAT I DON'T KNOW WHETHER SHE SAW ME BUT I DON'T THINK SHE DID I WENT HOME AT ONCE AND ON CONSIDERATION I THOUGHT THAT I HAD A SUFFICIENTLY GOOD CASE WITH WHICH TO GO TO CLARKE WHY TO CLARK BECAUSE I AM SURE THE CLARKE IS IN POSSESSION OF FACTS ABOUT THIS WOMAN FACTS OF WHICH I KNOW NOTHING WELL WHAT THEN MISTER VILLIERS LEANED BACK IN HIS CHAIR AND LOOKED REFLECTIVELY AT AUSTIN FOR A MOMENT BEFORE HE ANSWERED MY IDEA WAS THAT CLARKE AND I SHOULD CALL ON MISSUS BEAUMONT YOU WOULD NEVER GO INTO SUCH A HOUSE AS THAT NO NO VILLIERS YOU CANNOT DO IT BESIDES CONSIDER WHAT RESULT I WILL TELL YOU SOON BUT I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT MY INFORMATION DOES NOT END HERE IT HAS BEEN COMPLETED IN AN EXTRAORDINARY MANNER LOOK AT THIS NEAT LITTLE PACKET OF MANUSCRIPT IT IS PAGENATED YOU SEE AND I HAVE INDULGED IN THE CIVIL COQUETRY OF A RIBBON OF RED TAPE IT HAS ALMOST A LEGAL AIR HASN'T IT RUN YOUR EYE OVER IT AUSTIN
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