Book 2

, chap. xv.]

[Illustration: "WHERE IS THIS MISSING MAN? HAVE YOU COME TO GIVE US INFORMATION WHERE HE IS? I HOPE YOU HAVE." "SO FAR FROM IT, I--HUM, HAVE COME TO SEEK INFORMATION."... "UNFORTUNATELY FOR US, THERE IS NONE TO BE GOT HERE. FLINTWINCH, SHOW THE GENTLEMAN THE HAND-BILL. GIVE HIM SEVERAL TO TAKE AWAY. HOLD THE LIGHT FOR HIM TO READ IT"--