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The Simpkins Plot

CHAPTER XX
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He's a man worth knowing." The conversation drifted on to other topics.

The judge, after the manner of fishermen, rehearsed the capture of his two salmon, compared them to similar fish caught elsewhere, and made enquiries about the netting at the mouth of the river.

At about ten o'clock he lit a fresh cigar and returned to the subject of Meldon.
"You say," he said, "that he's likely to call here to-morrow morning." "He's almost certain to.

Except the day when he went to meet you at Donard he has never missed paying me a visit." "About four o'clock, I suppose, is his regular hour ?" "He has no regular hour," said Miss King.

"He's quite unconventional.
He may drop in for breakfast, or he may turn up suddenly while we're dressing for dinner." "I hope he'll do one or the other.


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