[The Queen of Hearts by Wilkie Collins]@TWC D-Link bookThe Queen of Hearts CHAPTER II 20/24
Can you make whisky-toddy? I can; and, what's more, unlikely as the thing may seem to you, I can actually drink it into the bargain." "Scotland!" says I."What are we going to Scotland for ?" "Question for question," says Mr.Dark.
"What are we starting on a journey for ?" "To find my master," I answered, "and to make sure if the letter about him is true." "Very good," says he.
"How would you set about doing that, eh ?" "I should go and ask about him at Stockholm in Sweden, where he said his letters were to be sent." "Should you, indeed ?" says Mr.Dark.
"If you were a shepherd, William, and had lost a sheep in Cumberland, would you begin looking for it at the Land's End, or would you try a little nearer home ?" "You're attempting to make a fool of me now," says I. "No," says Mr.Dark, "I'm only letting the light in on you, as I said I would.
Now listen to reason, William, and profit by it as much as you can.
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