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Who was that wo bolted out as we came Up?” Ry sB geal inn jy ae ng Sly Any Ha le 9 a Aid Sah a Le Dh aah il Cty Sy Sealy SDDS oe GN pe SON Rs RNS A HD nha ay a Nts eS yl CASES PPPPPBPSPPBEPEEEBEPSPBBEP EBB ESP P REPS PSPPSPLPPEPEPIPEEPDEEEDEPOPEEBDEE BREESE E BO "A most extraordinary man, a Mr. Nuttel” said Mrs. Sappleton; “could only talk about his illnesses, and dashed off without a word of good-bye or apology when you arrived, One would think he had seen a ghost.” (epee hg al ce IS Guy 4S al go JN SB COBH Gn RAE Lt de ihe ae eI ey Lk Os “Lexpect it was the spaniel’ said the niece calmly. ‘he told me he had a horror of dogs. He was once hunted into a cemetery somewhere on the banks of the Ganges by pack of pariah dogs, and had ta spend the might in a newly dug grave with the creatures snarling and grinning and foaming just above him. 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