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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 CharlesDickensElecBookClassics keepaneyeuponhim,soonafterwards.Inarranginghisclothes, whiletravelling,hehadseensimilarlistsintheprisoner’spockets, overandoveragain.Hehadtakentheselistsfromthedrawerof theprisoner’sdesk.Hehadnotputthemtherefirst.Hehadseen theprisonershowtheseident