? ? ? ? " 'You evidently don't know me,' said he.
? ? ? ? " 'On the contrary,' I answered, 'I think it is fairly evident that I do. Pray take a chair. I can spare you five minutes if you have anything to say.'
? ? ? ? " 'All that I have to say has already crossed your mind,' said he.
? ? ? ? " 'Then possibly my answer has crossed yours,' I replied.
? ? ? ? " 'You stand fast?'
? ? ? ? " 'Absolutely. '
? ? ? ? "He clapped his hand into his pocket, and I raised the pistol from the table. But he merely drew out a memorandum-book in which he had scribbled some dates.
? ? ? ? " 'You crossed my path on the fourth of January,' said he. 'On the twenty-third you incommoded me; by the middle of February I was seriously inconvenienced by you; at the end of March I was absolutely hampered in my plans; and now, at the close of April, I find myself placed in such a position through your continual persecution that I am in positive danger of losing my liberty. The situation is becoming an impossible one.'
? ? ? ? " 'Have you any suggestion to make?' I asked.
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