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 “Whose writing is this?”

“That is Mr. Slotering’s handwriting.”

“Exactly! Well, these are rough notes, apparently containing subjects he wished to discuss with the Resident. I read here look:  Behind that there are two exclamation marks. What did Mr. Slotering mean by those?”

“How can know that?” exclaimed Verbrugge.

“ do! It means that far more is paid in land-rent than flows into the State coffers. But I will now show you something we both know, as it is written in letters, and not in signs. Look here:—

“Is this clear? You see that Mr. Slotering unquestionably was a man who knew how to take an You might therefore have joined up with him. Listen again:—

“Here I find another memo: and that in pencil. Look: on that also there is a very clear statement:—

“What do you say to that? Do you see, now, that I am not so eccentric as it appears, when I pay attention to justice? You see now that others did so!—And what followed then?”

“Then the Regent would be called: there would be an oral interview ”

“Exactly! And then?”

“The Regent usually denied everything. Then witnesses would