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264 BLACK SHEEP.told it with circumlocution and hesitation, butnever interrupted.Mr.Lowther heard him withouta word, and held Mr. Felton and the twowomen silent by the unspoken counselof hisglance." Ihad done many an odd job at the house inSouth Moiton-street," said the boy, when he hadtold them a gooddeal about himself, in aramblingwayr, " andIknowed Mr. Routh well, butIdon'tsuppose he knowed me; ancl yvhenIsaw him a-lingerin' about the tavern, and a-lookin' in at thewinder, he wosn't no stranger to me. Well, hegiv' me the letter, andIgiv' it to the gentleman.He had abeard as came doyvn in apoint, and wassharp with me, but not so sharp as the waiter, asIgiv'himhis ownsauce, and thegentlemanlaughed,and seemed as if he didn't object to me holdin' ofmy own;but Mr. Dallas, yvhich Ididn't know hisnamethen,he didn't laugh, and he asks the gentlemanifthereweren't no answer, and the gentlemansaysno, there yveren'tnone, and somehowIseemedto knoyv as he wanted to spite Mr. Routh. SoIfeltcur'ous aboutit,partickler whenIsee asMr. Routhlooked savage yvhen Icame out of the coffee-room

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