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[Debardelaben T. <dis...@cv...>]

 went to the town; twice, being pressed by Mallalieu to remember, he
brought back _The Times_ of the day before--wherein, of course,
Mallalieu failed to find anything about himself. And it was about
himself that he so wanted to hear, about how things were, how people
talked of him, what the police said, what was happening generally, and
his only source of information was Chris. Mr. Pett took good care to
represent everything in his own fashion. He was assiduous in assuring
Mallalieu that he was working in his interest with might and main;
jealous in proclaiming his own and his aunt's intention to get him clear
away to Norcaster. But he also never ceased dilating on the serious
nature of that enterprise, never wearied in protesting how much risk he
and Miss Pett were running; never refrained from showing the captive how
very black things were, and how much blacker they would be if it were
not for his present gaolers' goodness. And when he returned to the
cottage after the inquest