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Towneley and I both thought there was a touch of irony in the
magistrate's speech, and that he could have given a lighter sentence
if he would, but that was neither here nor there. We obtained leave to
see Ernest for a few minutes before he was removed to Coldbath Fields,
where he was to serve his term, and found him so thankful to have been
summarily dealt with that he hardly seemed to care about the miserable
plight in which he was to pass the next six months. When he came
out, he said, he would take what remained of his money, go off to
America or Australia and never be heard of more.
We left him full of this resolve, I, to write to Theobald, and
also to instruct my solicitor to get Ernest's money out of Pryer's
hands, and Towneley to see the reporters and keep the case out of
the newspapers. He was successful as regards all the higher-class
papers. There was only one journal, and that of the lowest class,
which was incorruptible.
CHAPTER LXIII
I SAW my solicitor at once, but when I tried to write to Theobald, I
found it better to say I would run down and see him. I therefore
proposed this, asking him to meet me at the station, and hinting
that I must bring bad news about his son.
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