"
"If it was Drummond, after all that you have asserted, then are
my surmises still wrong."
"There is nothing of which I can be more certain than that it was
not Drummond. We have nothing on earth but our senses to
depend upon. if these deceive us, what are we to do? I own I
cannot account for it; nor ever shall be able to account for it as
long as I live."
"Could you know the man in black, if you saw him again?"
"I think I could, if I saw him walk or run: his gait was very
particular. He walked as if he had been flat-soled, and his legs
made of steel, without any joints in his feet or ankles."
"The very same! The very same! The very same! Pray will you
take a few days' journey into the country with me, to look at such
a man?"
"You have preserved my life, and for you I will do anything. I
will accompany you with pleasure: and I think I can say that I
will know him, for his form left an impression on my heart not
soon to be effaced. But of this I am sure that my unworthy
companion will recognize him, and that he will be able to swear
to his identity every day as long as he lives."
"Where is he? Where is he? Oh! Mrs.
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