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The Simpkins Plot

CHAPTER XV
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I don't, as I've said several times.

I think he's a decent enough sort of man, though he does show an extraordinary want of enterprise in this business." "Any way," said the Major, "if anything of the sort happened--which is remotely unlikely--" "It's absolutely certain," said Meldon, "even before they're married; repeatedly, I should say." "If it did, there's nothing Miss King would dislike more than having it talked about.

I should say that she, or any other woman, would be absolutely furious at the thought of her gardener creeping up behind a tree and spying on what, if it occurs at all, ought to be done in the most confidential way, and then going and reporting to you all--" "Any how," said Meldon, "it hasn't happened yet, so far as Callaghan knows.

That is why I say that my day has been such a bitter disappointment.

Callaghan tells me that the miserable beast Simpkins hasn't been near the place, or even seen her, since yesterday, when we had them both out in the _Spindrift_.


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