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Chapter 42

           andIconfessIdon’tliketobethebearerofit..."

           Hebrokeoff,andhisgenialfacelookedtroubled.Ismiledyetwondered.

           "Prayspeakout!"Isaid—"Idon’tthinkyoucantellmeanythingthatwilldeeplyaffectmenow.Iknowthebestandworstofmostthingsintheworld,Iassureyou!"

           Heeyedmedubiously;then,goingintohissmoking-cabin,hebroughtmeoutanAmericannewspapersevendaysold.Hehandedittomepointingtoitsleadingcolumnswithoutaword.ThereIsawinlargetype—"AMillionaireRuined!EnormousFrauds!MonsterForgeries!GiganticSwindle!OnthetrackofBenthamandEllis!"

           MybrainswamforaminutethenIreadonsteadily,andsoongraspedthesituation.TherespectablepairoflawyerswhomIhadimplicitlyreliedonforthemanagementofallmybusinessaffairsinmyabsence,hadsuccumbedtothetemptationofhavingsomuchcashinchargeforinvestmentandhadbecomeapairofpractisedswindlers.Dealingwiththesamebankasmyself,theyhadforgedmynamesocleverlythatthegenuinenessofthesignaturehadneverbeenevensuspectedand,afterdrawingenormoussumsinthisway,andinvestinginvarious‘bubble’companieswithwhichtheypersonallywereconcerned,theyhadfinallyabsconded,leavingmealmostaspoorasIwaswhenIfirstheardofmyinheritedfortune.Iputasidethepaper,andlookedupatthegoodcaptain,whostoodwatchingmewithsympatheticanxiety.

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