? ? ? ? "And now I come to the queer part of the business. I was in diggings out Hampstead way, 17 Potter's Terrace. Well, I was sitting doing a smoke that very evening after I had been promised the appointment, when up came my landlady with a card which had 'Arthur Pinner, Financial Agent,' printed upon it. I had never heard the name before and could not imagine what he wanted with me, but of course I asked her to show him up. In he walked, a middle-sized dark-haired, dark-eyed. black-bearded man. with a touch of the sheeny about his nose. He had a brisk kind of way with him and spoke sharply, like a man who knew the value of time.
? ? ? ? " 'Mr. Hall Pycroft, I believe?' said he.
? ? ? ? " 'Yes, sir,' I answered, pushing a chair towards him.
? ? ? ? " 'Lately engaged at Coxon & Woodhouse's?'
? ? ? ? " 'Yes, sir.
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