"
"No, my dear, I did not, and I think I should have done so if it had been
there to notice."
"Oh, but it was so indeed."
"Perhaps. Was there anything strange about his way of talking?"
"A little about his grammar, but these Bridgeford Professors have often
risen from the ranks. His pronunciation was nearly like yours and mine."
"Was his manner friendly?"
"Very; more so than I could understand at first. I had not, however,
been with him long before I saw tears in his eyes, and when I asked him
whether he was in distress, he said I reminded him of a son whom he had
lost and had found after many years, only to lose him almost immediately
for ever. Hence his cordiality towards me."
"Then," said Yram half hysterically to herself, "he knew who you were.
Now, how, I wonder, did he find that out?" All vestige of doubt as to
who the man might be had now left her.
"Certainly he knew who I was. He spoke about you more than once, and
wished us every kind of prosperity, baring his head reverently as he
spoke."
"Poor fellow! Did he say anything about Higgs?"
"A good deal, and I was surprised to find he thought about it all much as
we do. But when I said that if I could go down into the hell of which
Higgs used to talk to you while he was in prison, I should expect to find
him in its hottest fires, he did not like it.
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