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XXXVI The Man Within And The Man Without |
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"Can you swear to that?" "I can and will, if you require it. But you ought to believe my word, sir. I am square as a die in all matters not connected - well, not connected with my profession," he smiled in a burst of that whimsical humour, which not even the seriousness of the moment could quite suppress. "And what surety have I that you do not consider this very matter of mine as coming within the bounds you speak of?" "None. But you must trust me that far." Brotherson surveyed him with an irony which conveyed a very different message to the detective than any he had intended. Then quickly: "To how many have you spoken, dilating upon this device, and publishing abroad my secret?" "I have spoken to no one, not even to Mr. Gryce. That shows my honesty as nothing else can." "You have kept my secret intact?" "Entirely so, sir." "So that no one, here or elsewhere, shares our knowledge of the new points in this mechanism?" "I say so, sir."
"Then if I should kill you," came in ferocious accents, " now "You would be the only one to own that knowledge. But you won't kill me." "Why?" "Need I go into reasons? "Why? I say." |
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