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"No, thanks, I fancy everything I have in that way is pretty safe. No, Clarke, I have really come to consult you about a rather curious matter that has been brought under my notice of late. I am afraid you will think it all rather absurd when I tell my tale. I sometimes think so myself, and that's just why I made up my mind to come to you, as I know you're a practical man." NO THANKS I FANCY EVERYTHING I HAVE IN THAT WAY IS PRETTY SAFE NO CLARKE I HAVE REALLY COME TO CONSULT YOU ABOUT A RATHER CURIOUS MATTER THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UNDER MY NOTICE OF LATE I AM AFRAID YOU WILL THINK IT ALL RATHER ABSURD WHEN I TELL MY TALE I SOMETIMES THINK SO MYSELF AND THAT'S JUST WHAT I MADE UP MY MIND TO COME TO YOU AS I KNOW YOU'RE A PRACTICAL MAN
A few months after Villiers’ meeting with Herbert, Mr. Clarke was sitting, as usual, by his after-dinner hearth, resolutely guarding his fancies from wandering in the direction of the bureau. For more than a week he had succeeded in keeping away from the “Memoirs,” and he cherished hopes of a complete self-reformation; but, in spite of his endeavours, he could not hush the wonder and the strange curiosity that the last case he had written down had excited within him. He had put the case, or rather the outline of it, conjecturally to a scientific friend, who shook his head, and thought Clarke getting queer, and on this particular evening Clarke was making an effort to rationalize the story, when a sudden knock at the door roused him from his meditations. “Mr. Villiers to see you sir.” “Dear me, Villiers, it is very kind of you to look me up; I have not seen you for many months; I should think nearly a year. Come in, come in. And how are you, Villiers? Want any advice about investments?” UR THE DISCOVERY IN PAUL STREET A FEW MONTHS AFTER VILLIERS MEETING WITH HERBERT MISTER CLARKE WAS SITTING AS USUAL BY HIS AFTER DINNER HEARTH RESOLUTELY GUARDING HIS FANCIES FROM WANDERING IN THE DIRECTION OF THE BUREAU FOR MORE THAN A WEEK HE HAD SUCCEEDED IN KEEPING AWAY FROM THE MEMOIRS AND HE CHERISHED HOPES OF A COMPLETE SELF REFORMATION BUT IN SPITE OF HIS ENDEAVOURS HE COULD NOT HUSH THE WONDER AND THE STRANGE CURIOSITY THAT THE LAST CASE HE HAD WRITTEN DOWN HAD EXCITED WITHIN HIM HE HAD PUT THE CASE OR RATHER THE OUTLINE OF IT CONJECTURALLY TO A SCIENTIFIC FRIEND WHO SHOOK HIS HEAD AND THOUGHT CLARKE GETTING QUEER AND ON THIS PARTICULAR EVENING CLARKE WAS MAKING AN EFFORT TO RATIONALIZE THE STORY WHEN A SUDDEN KNOCK AT THE DOOR ROUSED HIM FROM HIS MEDITATIONS MISTER VILLIERS IS SEE YOU SIR DEAR ME VILLIERS IS VERY KIND OF YOU TO LOOK ME UP I HAVE NOT SEEN YOU FOR MANY MONTHS I SHOULD THINK NEARLY A YEAR COME IN COME IN AND HOW ARE YOU VILLIERS WANT ANY ADVICE ABOUT INVESTMENTS
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