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And this that abstemious man unfolded to Tonker over a cup of tea. Had Tonker not been nearly insane with pride over their recent transaction, and had he not been blinded by a veneration for Nuth, he would have  but I cry over spilt milk. AND THIS THAT ABSTEMIOUS MAN UNFOLDED TO TONKER OVER A CUP OF TEA HAD TONKER NOT BEEN NEARLY INSANE WITH PRIDE OVER THEIR RECENT TRANSACTION AND HAD HE NOT BEEN BLINDED BY A VENERATION FOR NUTH HE WOULD HAVE BUT I CRY OVER SPILT MILK
, and therefore considered writing a waste of time. And then there came the transaction with Lord Castlenorman at his Surrey residence. Nuth selected a Saturday night, for it chanced that Saturday was observed as Sabbath in the family of Lord Castlenorman, and by eleven o'clock the whole house was quiet. Five minutes before midnight Tommy Tonker, instructed by Mr. Nuth, who waited outside, came away with one pocketful of rings and shirt-studs. It was quite a light pocketful, but the jewellers in Paris could not match it without sending specially to Africa, so that Lord Castlenorman had to borrow bone shirt-studs. Not even rumour whispered the name of Nuth. Were I to say that this turned his head, there are those to whom the assertion would give pain, for his associates hold that his astute judgment was unaffected by circumstance. I will say, therefore, that it spurred his genius to plan what no burglar had ever planned before. It was nothing less than to burgle the house of the gnoles. CE AGAINST FORGERY AND THEREFORE CONSIDERED WRITING A WASTE OF TIME AND THEN THERE CAME THE TRANSACTION WITH LORD CASTLENORMAN AT HIS SURREY RESIDENCE NUTH SELECTED A SATURDAY NIGHT FOR IT CHANCED THAT SATURDAY WAS OBSERVED AS SABBATH IN THE FAMILY OF LORD CASTLENORMAN AND BY ELEVEN O'CLOCK THE WHOLE HOUSE WAS QUIET FIVE MINUTES BEFORE MIDNIGHT TOMMY TONKER INSTRUCTED BY MISTER NUTH WHO WAITED OUTSIDE CAME AWAY WITH ONE POCKETFUL OF RINGS AND SHIRT STUDS IT WAS QUITE A LIGHT POCKETFUL BUT THE JEWELLERS IN PARIS COULD NOT MATCH IT WITHOUT SENDING SPECIALLY TO AFRICA SO THAT LORD CASTLENORMAN HAD TO BORROW BONE SHIRT STUDS NOT EVEN RUMOUR WHISPERED THE NAME OF NUTH WERE I TO SAY THAT THIS TURNED HIS HEAD THERE ARE THOSE TO WHOM THE ASSERTION WOULD GIVE PAIN FOR HIS ASSOCIATES HOLD THAT HIS ASTUTE JUDGMENT WAS UNAFFECTED BY CIRCUMSTANCE I WILL SAY THEREFORE THAT IT SPURRED HIS GENIUS TO PLAN WHAT NO BURGLAR HAD EVER PLANNED BEFORE IT WAS NOTHING LESS THAN TO BURGLE THE HOUSE OF THE GNOLES
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