[Oddsfish! by Robert Hugh Benson]@TWC D-Link bookOddsfish! CHAPTER VII 25/27
"And, what is of more importance than all else is that the packet should fall into no hand other than the one that should have it.
For this reason, there is no name written upon it. But I have sealed it with a private signet of my own, both within and without; and you must bear the packet with you until you can deliver it." "I understand, Sir." "I can send no courier with it, for the reasons of which I have spoken. No man, Mr.Mallock, but you and I must know of its very existence. Neither can I tell you now to whom the packet must be given.
You must bear it with you, sir, until you have a message from me, signed with the same seal as that which it bears, telling you where you must take it, and to whom.
You understand ?" "I understand, Sir." "You must leave London immediately until your face is forgotten, and until this storm is over.
You have a cousin in the country ?" "Yes, Sir; Mr.Jermyn at Hare Street." "You had best lie there for the present; and I can send to you there, so soon as I have an opportunity.
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