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course, murder will out; aye, and then there's God's vengeance upon the murderer, and the rest of it. Yes, and you believe all that; ah, tant mieux: but, shall I tell you a history?"

"Well, the night is fine, as our October nights here are apt to be; the coffee is not bad; the ice, that orange and pistaccio, among others, far from despicable; the tobacco passable; you are disposed to listen; there is a