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Fortunately for us Tichborne still had his cham- 

 pions, and one of the chief was Mr. George Reynolds. 

 At Newmarket, when the case was all the talk of the 

 hour, he came to our carriage and said, " No matter 

 what any one says, I'll back Tichborne. I'll take 

 200 to 100 now." 



" Done," said Lambert. 



" Twice ? " asked Reynolds. 



" Yes." 



All I can say is that the Claimant must have 

 been a very clever man to have even for a time 

 deceived Hawkins. It is, of course, idle to deny that 

 he had both considerable brains and immeasurable 

 effrontery. Yet in little ways he gave himself 

 away. Mr. Warner, of the Welsh Harp, was, at a 

 time, one of his chief backers, and used to have him 

 out to dine with him at Hendon. But one Sunday 

 came disillusionment. The carving-knife cut rather 

 badly, and Mr. Warner could not coax an edge on. 



" Give it me," said " Sir Roger." 



And the deftness with which he handled carver 

 and steel was an eye-opener for Mr. Warner, who, 

 when their guest was absent from the room said to 

 his wife, " We're done ! He's a butcher right 

 enough ! " 



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