Mr.Le Mesurier has a brother just outside the town.
It was there, I believe, that he became acquainted with Mr.Burl.' 'So I gathered.

Well, I wanted the question left open for a bit.

Then Burl made another proposal.

He said they wanted a paper in the district.
There were some people ready to back the idea, but they didn't have quite enough capital.

Burl wanted me to provide the rest.