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Nicholas, with a more sprightly air; ‘neither did I come here to
bewail my lot, but on matter more to the purpose. I wish to meet
my uncle face to face. I should tell you that first.’

‘Then all I have to say about that is,’ interposed Miss La Creevy,
‘that I don’t envy you your taste; and that sitting in the same room
with his very boots, would put me out of humour for a fortnight.’

‘In the main,’ said Nicholas, ‘there may be no great difference of
opinion between you and me, so far; but you will understand, that
I desire to confront him, to justify myself, and to cast his duplicity
and malice in his throat.’

‘That’s quite another matter,’ rejoined Miss La Creevy. ‘Heaven
forgive me; but I shouldn’t cry my eyes quite out of my head, if
they choked him. Well?’

‘To this end, I called upon him this morning,’ said Nicholas. ‘He
only returned to town on Saturday, and I knew nothing of his
arrival until late last night.’

‘And did you see him?’ asked Miss La Creevy.
‘No,’ replied Nicholas. ‘He had gone out.’
‘Hah!’ said Miss La Creevy; ‘on some kind, charitable business,
I dare say.’

‘I have reason to believe,’ pursued Nicholas, ‘from what has
been told me, by a friend of mine who is acquainted with his
movements, that he intends seeing my mother and sister today,
and giving them his version of the occurrences that have befallen
me. I will meet him there.’

‘That’s right,’ said Miss La Creevy, rubbing her hands. ‘And yet,
I don’t know,’ she added, ‘there is much to be thought of--others
to be considered.’

‘I have considered others,’ rejoined Nicholas; ‘but as honesty


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