"It's
not my doing," said Lord Rufford. "I have instructed no one to keep
him locked up."
"It's a very good job from all that I can hear," said Tom Surbiton.
"All I did was to get Mr. Masters here to take up the case for me,
and I learned from him to-day that the rascal had already agreed to
take the money I offered. He only bargains that it shall be paid
into his own hands,--no doubt desiring to sell the attorney he has
employed."
"Bearside has got his money from the American Senator, my Lord,"
said Larry.
"They may fight it out among them. I don't care who gets the money
or who pays it as long as I'm not imposed upon."
"We must proceed against that man Scrobby," said Glomax with all
the authority of a Master.
"You'll never convict him on Goarly's evidence," said the Lord.
Then Larry could give them further information. Nickem had positively
traced the purchase of the red herrings. An old woman in Rufford was
ready to swear that she herself had sold them to Mrs. Scrobby. Tom
Surbiton suggested that the possession of red herrings was not of itself
a crime. Hampton thought that it was corroborative. Captain Batsby
wanted to know whether any of the herrings were still in existence, so
that they could be sworn to. Glomax was of opinion that villainy of so
deep a dye could not have taken place in any other hunting country in
England.
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