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Mr. Packc r da~;g~cd the heavy bunch of keys for a moment
be*i， e laying it on the table.
*Fou* years i，a a long time to be away， ~ he s~m.~
His voice wa:~. s~ drily polite ~ha-: Charles. Moray couid
~o~ faii t，.~ be awa~e that in the eyes ，ff his solicitor four
years at.~s.ence， and a consequtmt negDct of a!l tl~e bu:dness
arising emt of his father\"， dearth and his own succes，~ion， was
a derciictioa. An only s~ who succeeded to a large estate
had no busiru:ss ~o waik the uttem-~ost pa~.s of the em th. He
should step into hi:~ place as a citize~， stand ~r P~iiament
it， the constkuency represemed by dame ge~，eration:; ~:，t his
family， and--settk: down
Cha~ies picked up the bunch of keys， looked at ~hem with
an odd fleeting frown， and put them m his pocket.
\"~i)u w，..，n t be going to the house fo-.night， i suppo.se，\"
said Mr. Packer.
\"No. l m ~taying at The I.uxe. I just thought ~ d took in
and get the keys.~
\"! asked because t beiieve---i，~ fact i know.---that the
carc{aker， Lattery， is ~ut. He is always ，，~ut on Thursday
evening. { am aware of the fa，: :， because it is his practice
to cali ~t this office for hb~ wages: he comes ， et y punctu-
ally at five o clock~ And ! though ~ tha~. if you had any
intention of calling at the !~ouse. his absence rnigi~t
s~:rprise yoa. ~
\"No， t shan t go round tl~ere to-night，\" said Charles. }t.e
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