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Vandover and the Brute

CHAPTER Fifteen
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and I have a date with Mr.Wade again to-morrow, I think, and I can talk to you more definitely after that.

You know this is the devil of a thing to do," he suddenly exclaimed apprehensively, "this playing back and forth between the two parties like this; regularly dishonourable, don't you know ?" "If you think it's dishonourable," said Vandover as he accompanied Geary to the door, "if you think it's dishonourable, Charlie, why, don't do it! I don't want to ask you to do anything dishonourable for me." "Oh, that's all right," replied Geary uneasily; "I had just as soon do it for you, only listen to this: don't you say a word about the case to anybody, not to your lawyer, nor to anybody.

If Field should write to you, you tell him you have counsel already.

And, look here! you may have the reporters up here pretty soon, and don't you open your face to them; you mind that; don't you let them get a thing out of you.

And there's another thing you must understand: I'm not your lawyer, of course; you see that.


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