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and brought here。 I am a marked and disgraced man察and here I 

am。   My   shooting´gallery   is   rummaged察  high   and   low察  by   Bucket察

such  property  as   I   have!¨tis   small!is   turned   this   way   and   that察

till  it  don¨t   know     itself察 and   as   aforesaid    here    I  am   I  don¨t 

particular complain of that。 Though I am in these present quarters 

through  no  immediately  preceding  fault   of   mine察  I   can   very   well 

understand   that   if   I   hadn¨t   gone   into   the   vagabond   way   in   my 

youth察this wouldn¨t have happened。 It has happened。 Then comes 

the question how to meet it。 ̄ 

    He   rubbed   his   swarthy   forehead   for   a   moment察  with   a   good´ 



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humoured look察and said apologetically察 I am such a short´winded 

talker that I must think a bit。 ̄ Having thought a bit察he looked up 

again察and resumed。 

    ^How to meet it。 Now察the unfortunate deceased was himself a 

lawyer察and had a pretty tight hold of me。 I don¨t wish to rake up 

his ashes察but he had察what I should call if he was living察a Devil of 

a tight hold of me。 I don¨t like his trade the better for that。 If I had 

kept clear of his trade察I should have kept outside this place。 But 

that¨s not what I mean。 Now suppose I had killed him。 Suppose I 

really    had   discharged      into  his   body    any   one   of  those    pistols 

recently fired off察that Bucket has found at my place察and察dear me 

might have found there any day since it has been my place。 What 

should   I   have   done   as   soon   as   I   was   hard   and   fast   here拭  Got   a 

lawyer。 ̄ 

    He stopped on hearing some one at the locks and bolts察and did 

not  resume   until   the  door  had  been   opened and   was   shut   again。 

For what purpose opened I will mention presently。 

    ^I should have got a lawyer察and he would have said as I have 

often read in the newspapers察 my  client  says nothing察my  client 

reserves   his   defence!my   client   this察  that察  and   t¨other。¨   Well察   tis 

not    the  custom     of  that  breed    to  go   straight察  according     to  my 

opinion察or to think that other men do。 Say察I am innocent察and I 

get   a   lawyer。   He   would   be   as   likely   to   believe   me   guilty   as   not察

perhaps   more。   What   would   he   do察  whether   or   not拭  Act   as   if     I 

was察shut       my    mouth    up察  tell  me   not  to  commit     myself察   keep 

circumstances back察chop the evidence small察quibble察and get me 

off perhaps But察Miss Summerson察do I care for getting off in that 

way察or would I rather be hanged in my own way!if you¨ll excuse 

my mentioning anything so disagreeable to a lady拭院



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    He had warmed into his subject now察and was under no further 

necessity to wait a bit。 

    ^I would rather be hanged in my own way。 And I mean to be I 

don¨t   intend   to   say察院  looking   round   upon   us察  with   his   powerful 

arms     akimbo      and    his   dark   eyebrows       raised察    that   I  am    more 

partial   to  being  hanged   than   another  man。   What  I   say  is察  I   must 

come off clear and full or not at all。 Therefore察when I hear stated 

against   me   what   is   true察  I   say   it¨s   true察  and   when   they   tell   me察

`whatever   you   say   will   be   used察   I   tell   them   I   don¨t   mind   that察  I 

mean   it   to   be   used。   If   they   can¨t   make   me   innocent   out   of   the 

whole   truth察  they   are   not   likely   to   do   it   out   of   anything   less察  or 

anything else。 And if they are察it¨s worth nothing to me。 ̄ 

    Taking a pace or two over the stone floor察he came back to the 

table察and finished what he had to say。 

    ^I   thank   you察  miss察  and   gentlemen   both察  many   times   for   your 

attention察and many times more for your interest。 That¨s the plain 

state of the matter察as it points itself out to a mere trooper with a 

blunt  broadsword   kind  of  a mind。   I   have   never  done   well  in  life察

beyond   my   duty   as   a   soldier察  and   if   the   worst   comes   after   all察  I 

shall reap pretty  much  as   I  have   sown。 When I   got  over  the   first 

crash of being seized as a murderer!it don¨t take a rover察who has 

knocked about so much as myself察so very long to recover from a 

crash!I worked my way round to what you find me now。 As such察

I   shall   remain。    No   relations     will   be   disgraced   by   me察    or   made 

unhappy for me察and!and that¨s all I¨ve got to say。 ̄ 

    The   door   had   been   opened         to   admit   another   soldier´looking 

man of less prepossessing appearance at first sight察and a weather´ 

tanned   bright´eyed   wholesome   woman   with   a   basket察  who察  from 

her entrance察had been exceedingly attentive to all Mr George had 



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said。   Mr   George    had   received    them    with   a  familiar   nod   and   a 

friendly    look察 but   without    any   more    particular   greeting    in  the 

midst  of  his   address。   He  now   shook   them   cordially   by   the   hand察

and said察 Miss Summerson and gentlemen察this is an old comrade 

of mine察Joseph Bagnet。 And this is his wife察Mrs Bagnet。 ̄ 

   Mr     Bagnet    made     us  a  stiff  military   bow察  and    Mrs   Bagnet 

dropped us a curtsey。 

    ^Real good friends of mine they are察院said Mr George。 ^It was at 

their house I was taken。 ̄ 

    ^With a second´hand wiolinceller察院Mr Bagnet put in察twitching 

his head angrily。 ^Of a good tone。 For a friend。 That money was no 

object to。 ̄ 

    ^Mat察院said Mr George察 you have heard pretty  well   all   I   have 

been saying to this lady and these two gentlemen。 I know it meets 

your approval拭院

   Mr   Bagnet察  after   considering察  referred   the      point   to   his   wife。 

^Old     girl察院 said  he。  ^Tell   him。   Whether      or  not。  It  meets    my 

approval。 ̄ 

    ^Why察     George察院    exclaimed      Mrs    Bagnet察    who     had    been 

unpacking her basket察in which there was a piece of cold pickled 

pork察a little tea and sugar察and a brown loaf察 you ought to know it 

don¨t。 You ought to know it¨s enough to drive a person wild to hear 

you。 You won¨t be got off this way察and   you  won¨t be   got  off  that 

way!what do you mean by such picking and choosing拭It¨s stuff 

and nonsense察George。 ̄ 

    ^Don¨t be severe upon me in my misfortunes察Mrs Bagnet察院said 

the trooper察lightly。 

    ^Oh Bother your misfortunes 院cried Mrs Bagnet察if they don¨t 

make   you   more   reasonable   than   that   comes   to。   I   never   was   so 



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ashamed in my life to hear a man talk folly察as I have been to hear 

you talk this day to the present company。 Lawyers拭Why察what but 

too many cooks should hinder you from having a dozen lawyers察if 

the gentleman recommended them to you。 ̄ 

    ^This is a very sensible woman察院said my Guardian。 ^I hope you 

will persuade him察Mrs Bagnet。 ̄ 

    ^Persuade   him察  sir拭院  she   returned。   ^Lord   bless   you察  no。   You 

don¨t   know   George。   Now

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