I can't explain the whole ins-and-outs of the
business to you. It's rather complicated, and I doubt if you'd
understand it. In any case, I can't go into it without betraying a
lady's confidence, and that's a thing I never do. But you may take my
word for it that it's absolutely necessary to remove the judge if you
are to have the pleasure of burying Simpkins. If you don't believe
what I say ask the Major. He knows all about it."
"No; I don't," said Major Kent.
"You do," said Meldon. "What's the use of denying it when I told you
the whole plan myself?"
"Any way," said the Major, "I won't be dragged into it. I've nothing
whatever to do with it, and I've always disapproved of it from the
start. You and Doyle must settle it between you without appealing to
me."
"You can see from the way he speaks," said Meldon to Doyle, "that he
knows just as well as I do that we must get the judge out of Ballymoy."
"Out of Ballymoy?" said Doyle.
"Yes," said Meldon, "clear away from the place altogether. Back to
England if possible."
"Well, then, he's not gone," said Doyle. "So if it's that you want
you're as badly off this minute as I am myself.
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