? ? ? ? "What do you say, Watson?"
? ? ? ? I shrugged my shoulders. "If he were safely out of the country it would relieve the tax-payer of a burden."
? ? ? ? "But how about the chance of his holding someone up before he goes?"
? ? ? ? "He would not do anything so mad, sir. We have provided him with all that he can want. To commit a crime would be to show where he was hiding."
? ? ? ? "That is true," said Sir Henry. "Well, Barrymore --"
? ? ? ? "God bless you, sir, and thank you from my heart! It would have killed my poor wife had he been taken again."
? ? ? ? "I guess we are aiding and abetting a felony, Watson? But, after what we have heard I don't feel as if I could give the man up, so there is an end of it. All right, Barrymore, you can go."
? ? ? ? With a few broken words of gratitude the man turned, but he hesitated and then came back.
? ? ? ? "You've been so kind to us, sir, that I should like to do the best I can for you in return.
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