[The Wrong Box by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne]@TWC D-Link bookThe Wrong Box CHAPTER IX 9/29
You can see for yourselves; it is printed in the German character.' And he held the cutting out for verification, much as a conjuror passes a trick orange along the front bench. 'Hullo, old gentleman! Is this you ?' said Michael, laying his hand upon the orator's shoulder. The figure turned with a convulsion of alarm, and showed the countenance of Mr Joseph Finsbury.
'You, Michael!' he cried.
'There's no one with you, is there ?' 'No,' replied Michael, ordering a brandy and soda, 'there's nobody with me; whom do you expect ?' 'I thought of Morris or John,' said the old gentleman, evidently greatly relieved. 'What the devil would I be doing with Morris or John ?' cried the nephew. 'There is something in that,' returned Joseph.
'And I believe I can trust you.
I believe you will stand by me.' 'I hardly know what you mean,' said the lawyer, 'but if you are in need of money I am flush.' 'It's not that, my dear boy,' said the uncle, shaking him by the hand. 'I'll tell you all about it afterwards.' 'All right,' responded the nephew.
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