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My God!" he exclaimed, with sudden vehemence, "you cannot mean this, Villiers, that you will make yourself a hangman?" "No. I shall offer a choice, and leave Helen Vaughan alone with this cord in a locked room for fifteen minutes. BY GOD HE EXCLAIMED WITH SUDDEN VEHEMENCE YOU CANNOT MEAN THIS VILLIERS THAT YOU WILL MAKE YOURSELF A HANGMAN NO I SHALL OFFER A CHOICE AND LEAVE HELEN VAUGHAN ALONE WITH THIS CORD IN A LOCKED ROOM FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES
unter, with a strange reluctance to take up my goods and go. I asked about the business, and learnt that trade was bad and the profits cut down sadly; but then the street was not what it was before traffic had been diverted, but that was done forty years ago, ‘just before my father died,’ he said. I got away at last, and walked along sharply; it was a dismal street indeed, and I was glad to return to the bustle and the noise. Would you like to see my purchase?” Austin said nothing, but nodded his head slightly; he still looked white and sick. Villiers pulled out a drawer in the bamboo table, and showed Austin a long coil of cord, hard and new; and at one end was a running noose. “It is the best hempen cord,” said Villiers, “just as it used to be made for the old trade, the man told me. Not an inch of jute from end to end.” Austin set his teeth hard, and stared at Villiers, growing whiter as he looked. “You would not do it,” he murmured at last. “You would not have blood on your hands.  AT HE ASKED AND STOOD LEANING BY THE COUNTER WITH A STRANGE RELUCTANCE TO TAKE UP MY GOODS AND GO I ASKED ABOUT THE BUSINESS AND LEARNT THAT TRADE WAS BAD AND THE PROFITS CUT DOWN SADLY BUT THEN THE STREET WAS NOT WHAT IT WAS BEFORE TRAFFIC HAD BEEN DIVERTED BUT THAT WAS DONE FORTY YEARS AGO JUST BEFORE MY FATHER DIED HE SAID I GOT AWAY AT LAST AND WALKED ALONG SHARPLY IT WAS A DISMAL STREET INDEED AND I WAS GLAD TO RETURN TO THE BUSTLE AND THE NOISE WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE MY PURCHASE AUSTIN SAID NOTHING BUT NODDED HIS HEAD SLIGHTLY HE STILL LOOKED WHITE AND SICK VILLIERS PULLED OUT A DRAWER IN THE BAMBOO TABLE AND SHOWED AUSTIN A LONG COIL OF CORD HARD AND NEW AND AT ONE END WAS A RUNNING NOOSE IT IS THE BEST TEMPERAN CORD SAID VILLIERS JUST AS IT USED TO BE MADE FOR THE OLD TRADE THE MAN TOLD ME NOT AN INCH OF JUDE FROM END TO END AUSTIN SET HIS TEETH HARD AND STARED AT VILLIERS GROWING WHITER AS HE LOOKED YOU WOULD NOT DO IT HE MURMURED AT LAST YOU WOULD NOT HAVE BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS 
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