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The Five Orange Pips

           Hedrankagreatdealofbrandyandsmokedveryheavily,buthewouldseenosocietyanddidnotwantanyfriends,notevenhisownbrother. 

           "Hedidn’tmindme;infact,hetookafancytome,foratthetimewhenhesawmefirstIwasayoungsteroftwelveorso. Thiswouldbeintheyear1878,afterhehadbeeneightornineyearsinEngland. Hebeggedmyfathertoletmelivewithhimandhewasverykindtomeinhisway. Whenhewassoberheusedtobefondofplayingbackgammonanddraughtswithme,andhewouldmakemehisrepresentativebothwiththeservantsandwiththetradespeople,sothatbythetimethatIwassixteenIwasquitemasterofthehouse. IkeptallthekeysandcouldgowhereIlikedanddowhatIliked,solongasIdidnotdisturbhiminhisprivacy. Therewasonesingularexception,however,forhehadasingleroom,alumber-roomupamongtheattics,whichwasinvariablylocked,andwhichhewouldneverpermiteithermeoranyoneelsetoenter. Withaboy’scuriosityIhavepeepedthroughthekeyhole,butIwasneverabletoseemorethansuchacollectionofoldtrunksandbundlesaswouldbeexpectedinsucharoom. 

           "OnedayitwasinMarch,1883aletterwithaforeignstamplayuponthetableinfrontofthecolonel’splate. Itwasnotacommonthingforhimtoreceiveletters,forhisbillswereallpaidinreadymoney,andhehadnofriendsofanysort. ‘FromIndia!’saidheashetookitup,‘Pondicherrypostmark!Whatcanthisbe?’ Openingithurriedly,outtherejumpedfivelittledriedorangepips,whichpattereddownuponhisplate. Ibegantolaughatthis,butthelaughwasstruckfrommylipsatthesightofhisface. Hisliphadfallen,hiseyeswereprotruding,hisskinthecolourofputty,andheglaredattheenvelopewhichhestillheldinhistremblinghand, ‘K.K.K.!’heshrieked,andthen,‘MyGod,myGod,mysinshaveovertakenme!’ 

           "‘Whatisit,uncle?’Icried. 

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