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"Is it not possible that your niece is right?"
"Right!" almost screamed Mrs. Frewen.
"Yes."
"Right, how?"
"Is it not possible that the young man has been wronged and is
innocent?"
"No, she is not right. He is guilty, and you must obtain the proofs, and
I will pay you an enormous reward."
"Madam, I will try and earn the reward, and in order to do so you must
tell me what evidence you have of this young man's guilt."
"I have no evidence."
"You have no evidence?"
"No actual evidence."
"On what do you found your suspicions?"
"His general character."
"What is his general character?"
"I don't know positively. All I know is what I have heard and general
rumor."
"One more question. Have you any evidence that he is in America?"
"Here again I have no evidence, but there are certain circumstances that
point conclusively to the fact that he is in New York."
"And do you believe he sent you the warning note?"
"I do."
"What could have been his object?"
"Oh, it was a cunning trick on his part.
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