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at the Infirmary, and was shown into the ward 

 where Wadding lay. 



' It is very kind of you to come to see me, 

 Mr. Miller. I want to tell yon something, for 

 if I am to die I shall die the happier if I con- 

 fess something ; I pulled Rattrap round on the 

 first day, and I meant to do so again the 

 day before yesterday, but found you were too 

 fly for me, so I meant to knock you over at 

 that fence I fell at. Can you forgive me, 



sir .'■ 



' Of course I can, and will,' said Reginald, 

 taking his hand ; ' but I sincerely hope this will 

 be a lesson to you for the future. You might 

 have been killed yourself, and if you had killed 

 me, well, to say the least of it, you would not 

 have been a very happy man in the future.' 



' That's just it, sir ! I never saw it in that 

 light ; thought it was all right. But this has 

 opened my eyes. Think that I might have been 

 a murderer.' 



' Let us thank God it is no worse. I am 

 quite sure you mean what you say. Now you 



