? ? ? ? "And none of your people had by chance been to see you?"
? ? ? ? "None."
? ? ? ? "Did any of them know their way about in the office?"
? ? ? ? "Oh, yes, all of them had been shown over it."
? ? ? ? "Still, of course, if you said nothing to anyone about the treaty these inquiries are irrelevant."
? ? ? ? "I said nothing."
? ? ? ? "Do you know anything of the commissionaire?"
? ? ? ? "Nothing cxcept that he is an old soldier."
? ? ? ? "What regiment?"
? ? ? ? "Oh, I have heard -- Goldstream Guards."
? ? ? ? "Thank you. I have no doubt I can get details from Forbes. The authorities are excellent at amassing facts, though they do not always use them to advantage. What a lovely thing a rose is!"
? ? ? ? He walked past the couch to the open window and held up the drooping stalk of a moss-rose, looking down at the dainty blend of crimson and green. It was a new phase of his character to me, for I had never before seen him show any keen interest in natural objects.
? ? ? ? "There is nothing in which deduction is so necessary as in religion," said he, leaning with his back against the shutters.
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