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down at Crowsnest in Sussex. French owes a 

 money-lender named Lewis a lot of money, and 

 Lewis doesn't know where French is. If he knew 

 it he would send down a man to-morrow and 

 collar the horse. Do you see? " 



" Yes." 



" Giveen is French's cousin." 



"Poor Mr French!" 



" And he has a mortal hatred to French. He 

 has been hunting for his address for the last long 

 time, and he has found it. He went down to 

 Crowsnest to-day to make sure. He strayed 

 into a bazaar that was going on there, and I met 

 him. He was acting like a cad, refusing to pay 

 for a cup of tea, and I froze on to him. Miss 

 Grimshaw, French's governess, pointed him out 

 to me, and told me who he was, and I froze on to 

 him. I said my name was Smith, and I told him 

 I hated French, and he unbosomed himseK to me. 

 Well, here's the position now. To-morrow 

 morning he's going down to Lewis the money- 

 lender, and is going to put Lewis on to French. 

 Now you see the position I'm in. For heaven's 

 sake, try and think of what's to be done." 



" When is the race? " asked Miss Hitchen. 



'' On the fifteenth." 



" Well, unless you murder him I don't see that 

 anything is to be done. If the race were to- 

 morrow or next day you might chloroform him, 

 or lock him up in your rooms; but you can't 

 lock a man up for fourteen days." 



