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isevidence?No.Notinregular
governmentpayandemployment,tolaytraps?Ohdearno.Orto
doanything?Ohdearno.Swearthat?Overandagain.Nomotives
butmotivesofsheerpatriotism?Nonewhatever.
Thevirtuousservant,RogerCly,sworehiswaythroughthe
caseatagreatrate.Hehadtakenservicewiththeprisoner,in
goodfaithandsimplicity,fouryearsago.Hehadaskedthe
prisoner,aboardtheCalaispacket,ifhewantedahandyfellow,
andtheprisonerhadengagedhim.Hehadnotaskedtheprisoner
totakethehandyfellowasanactofcharityneverthoughtof
suchathing.Hebegantohavesuspicionsoftheprisoner,andto
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keepaneyeuponhim,soonafterwards.Inarranginghisclothes,
whiletravelling,hehadseensimilarlistsintheprisoner’spockets,
overandoveragain.Hehadtakentheselistsfromthedrawerof
theprisoner’sdesk.Hehadnotputthemtherefirst.Hehadseen
theprisonershowtheseident