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"Yes," said Holmes, answering the look rather than the words. "It is so. I know all about McCarthy."

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The old man sank his face in his hands. "God help me!" he cried. "But I would not have let the young man come to harm. I give you my word that I would have spoken out if it went against him at the Assizes."

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"I am glad to hear you say so," said Holmes gravely.

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"I would have spoken now had it not been for my dear girl. It would break her heart -- it will break her heart when she hears that I am arrested."

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"It may not come to that," said Holmes.

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"What?"

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"I am no official agent. I understand that it was your daughter who required my presence here, and I am acting in her interests. Young McCarthy must be got off, however."

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"I am a dying man," said old Turner.


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