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Rom home. It was a new revelation to him that he had been anywhere. With
evident interest, he applied to us to tell him where he had wandered to,
and what people he had seen! So our last attempts at enlightenment
ended. We came to the final question of how to place the papers, with
the least possible loss of time, in Mr. Winterfield's hands. His absence
in Paris having been mentioned, I stated plainly my own position toward
him at the present time. "Mr. Winterfield has made an appointment with
me to call at his hotel, on his return to London," I said. "I shall
probably be the first friend who sees him. If you will trust me with
your sealed packet, in consideration of these circumstances, I will give
you a formal receipt for it in Doctor Wybrow's presence--and I will add
any written pledge that you may require on my part, acting as Mr.
Winterfield's representative and friend. Perhaps you would like a
reference as well?" He made a courteous reply. "A friend of Dr.
Wybrow's," he said, "requires no other reference." "Excuse me," I
persisted. "I had the honor of meeting Doctor Wybrow, for the first
time, yesterday. Permit me to refer you to Lord Loring, who has long
known me as his spiritual director and friend." This account of myself
settled the matter. I drew out the necessary securities--and I have all
the papers lying before me on my desk at this moment. You remember how
seals were broken, and impressed again, at the Roman post-office, in the
revolutionary days when we were both young men? Thanks to the knowledge
then obtained, the extraordinary events which once associated Mr.
Winterfield and Miss Eyrecourt are at last plainly revealed to me.
Copies of the papers are in my possession, and the originals are sealed
again, wit