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"Permit me to call a carriage, and I will accompany you to your home."
The wounded man looked closely at our hero, saw that he was a gentleman,
and said:
"Yes, I need some one to close my eyes. You appear to be a kind man; if
it is not too much trouble secure a carriage."
Oscar did not have to go far before he found a carriage, and when he
returned he found the young man still alive and apparently, under all
the circumstances, singularly strong.
He assisted him into the carriage and asked:
"Where shall we drive?"
"I don't know. I'll not go to my hotel in this condition; it will
occasion too much talk."
"Will you let me take you to a lodging where your condition will not
attract attention?"
"Yes; I will see that you are well remunerated."
Oscar and several of the detectives had a house, an emergency house they
called it. It was the very house to which he had taken Caroline Metti.
He told the driver where to go and in a few moments the carriage came to
a halt. Our hero discharged the coach and assisted his companion into
the house, led him up the stairs to a room on the second floor, and Mrs.
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