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satisfaction you require; but it must be 

 now, and in this room." 



Silencing the remonstrance of my only 

 remaining companion by a slight pressure 

 of his toe, and an expression of countenance 

 very different from his, I got up and paced 

 the floor of the room. 



" This is about the distance these things 

 are generally done at," said I ; " and wai- 

 ter," I cried, addressing the man with my 

 finger on my lips, and slipping something 

 into his hand the better to impress the 

 necessity of silence " Take this card round 



to Mr. in St. Martin's Lane, and he 



will give you a case of pistols bring them 

 here." 



"But, Sir," said he, " the people of the 

 house." 



" We can wait till they are gone to rest. 

 Hark, they are about going now." 



" But we shall disturb them." 



" That will be of little consequence to 

 one or both of us," I replied. 



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