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" 'Very good.'
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" 'I shall come down in a carriage to meet you.'
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" 'There is a drive, then?'
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" 'Yes, our little place is quite out in the country. It is a good seven miles from Eyford Station.'
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" 'Then we can hardly get there before midnight. I suppose there would be no chance of a train back. I should be compelled to stop the night.'
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" 'Yes, we could easily give you a shake-down.'
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" 'That is very awkward. Could I not come at some more convenient hour?'
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" 'We have judged it best that you should come late. It is to recompense you for any inconvenience that we are paying to you, a young and unknown man, a fee which would buy an opinion from the very heads of your profession.
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