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Chapter 31. Closed

           

           ItbeganthentobeperceivedthatFlintwinchhadnotbeenthereatthetimeofthefall;anditbeganthentobeperceivedthathehadbeenratherbusyelsewhere,convertingsecuritiesintoasmuchmoneyascouldbegotforthemontheshortestnotice,andturningtohisownexclusiveaccounthisauthoritytoactfortheFirm.Affery,rememberingthatthecleveronehadsaidhewouldexplainhimselffurtherinfour-and-twentyhours’time,determinedforherpartthathistakinghimselfoffwithinthatperiodwithallhecouldget,wasthefinalsatisfactorysumandsubstanceofhispromisedexplanation;butsheheldherpeace,devoutlythankfultobequitofhim.Asitseemedreasonabletoconcludethatamanwhohadneverbeenburiedcouldnotbeunburied,thediggersgavehimupwhentheirtaskwasdone,anddidnotdigdownforhimintothedepthsoftheearth.

           Thiswastakeninillpartbyagreatmanypeople,whopersistedinbelievingthatFlintwinchwaslyingsomewhereamongtheLondongeologicalformation.Norwastheirbeliefmuchshakenbyrepeatedintelligencewhichcameoverincourseoftime,thatanoldmanwhoworethetieofhisneckclothunderoneear,andwhowasverywellknowntobeanEnglishman,consortedwiththeDutchmenonthequaintbanksofthecanalsoftheHagueandinthedrinking-shopsofAmsterdam,underthestyleanddesignationofMynheervonFlyntevynge.

           

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