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Sweetwater nodded; he had expected nothing from the doctor, and was
not disappointed at his failure. There were two strings to his bow,
and the one proving valueless, he proceeded to test the other.
"You have mentioned Miss Scott, as the confidante - and only
confidante of this unhappy pair, said he. "Would it be possible
- can you make it possible for me to see her?
It was a daring proposition; he understood this at once from the
doctor's expression; and, fearing a hasty rebuff, he proceeded to
supplement his request with a few added arguments, urged with such
unexpected address and show of reason that Dr. Fenton's aspect
visibly softened and in the end he found himself ready to promise
that he would do what he could to secure his visitor the interview
he desired if he would come to the house the next day at the time
of his own morning visit.
This was as much as the young detective could expect, and having
expressed his thanks, he took his leave in anything but a
discontented frame of mind. With so powerful an advocate as the
doctor, he felt confident that he should soon be able to conquer
this young girl's reticence and learn all that was to be learned
from any one but Mr. Brotherson himself. In the time which must
elapse between that happy hour and the present, he would circulate
and learn what he could about the prospective manager. But he
soon found that he could not enter the Works without a permit, and
this he was hardly in a position to demand; so he strolled about
the village instead, and later wandered away into the forest.
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