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You don't mean to tell me--" Mr.Gavel smote his brow.
"But you said just now you were looking for me!" he cried.
"You act well, sir," said Dr.Glasson sternly.

"It is your profession.
But, as it happens, I have made inquiries along the canal, and am proof against your bluster.

A boat, the _Success to Commerce_--a bargeman in a furred overcoat--the combination is unusual, and not (I put it to you) likely to be repeated on this short stretch of waterway.