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Well, I laid the case before him, and he was evidently impressed. He said it needed consideration, and asked me to come again in the course of a week. A few days later I received this extraordinary letter." WELL I LAID THE CASE BEFORE HIM AND HE WAS EVIDENTLY IMPRESSED HE SAID IT NEEDED CONSIDERATION AND ASKED ME TO COME AGAIN IN THE COURSE OF A WEEK A FEW DAYS LATER I RECEIVED THIS EXTRAORDINARY LETTER
 Piccadilly one pleasant morning in May, “do you know I am convinced that what you told me about Paul Street and the Herberts is a mere episode in an extraordinary history? I may as well confess to you that when I asked you about Herbert a few months ago I had just seen him.” “You had seen him? Where?” “He begged of me in the street one night. He was in the most pitiable plight, but I recognized the man, and I got him to tell me his history, or at least the outline of it. In brief, it amounted to this—he had been ruined by his wife.” “In what manner?” “He would not tell me; he would only say that she had destroyed him, body and soul. The man is dead now.” “And what has become of his wife?” “Ah, that’s what I should like to know, and I mean to find her sooner or later. I know a man named Clarke, a dry fellow, in fact a man of business, but shrewd enough. You understand my meaning; not shrewd in the mere business sense of the word, but a man who really knows something about men and life. AS THE TWO FRIENDS WERE PACING SEDATELY ALONG PICCADILLY ONE PLEASANT MORNING IN MAY DO YOU KNOW I AM CONVINCED THAT WHAT YOU TOLD ME ABOUT PAUL STREET AND THE HERBERTS IS A MERE EPISODE IN AN EXTRAORDINARY HISTORY I MAY AS WELL CONFESS TO YOU THAT WHEN I ASKED YOU ABOUT HERBERT A FEW MONTHS AGO I HAD JUST SEEN HIM YOU HAD SEEN HIM WHERE HE BEGGED OF ME IN THE STREET ONE NIGHT HE WAS IN THE MOST PITIABLE PLIGHT BUT I RECOGNIZED THE MAN AND I GOT HIM TO TELL ME HIS HISTORY OR AT LEAST THE OUTLINE OF IT IN BRIEF IT AMOUNTED TO THIS HE HAD BEEN RUINED BY HIS WIFE IN WHAT MANNER HE WOULD NOT TELL ME HE WOULD ONLY SAY THAT SHE HAD DESTROYED HIM BODY AND SOUL THE MAN IS DEAD NOW WHAT HAS BECOME OF HIS WIFE AH THAT'S WHAT I SHOULD LIKE TO KNOW AND I MEAN TO FIND HER SOONER OR LATER I KNOW A MAN NAMED CLARKE A DRY FELLOW IN FACT A MAN OF BUSINESS BUT SHREWD ENOUGH YOU UNDERSTAND MY MEANING NOT SHREWD IN THE MERE BUSINESS SENSE OF THE WORD BUT A MAN WHO REALLY KNOWS SOMETHING ABOUT MEN AND LIFE
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