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`` It is barely possible , '' he continued , in his most ingratiating tones , `` that I may be in possession of facts which it would be to your advantage to learn . '' `` In case you are , I suppose , of course , you would impart them to me simply out of pure disinterestedness , without a thought of pecuniary compensation ? '' Hobson winced and glanced nervously about him . `` I must hasten , '' he said ; `` I can not stop for explanations ; but you will find me in my office at two o'clock to-morrow , if you care to call . Meantime , my young friend , I am not perhaps as mercenary as you think , and I may be able to be of great assistance to you , '' and with a final bow , the man hastily disappeared around a turn of the winding walk . Scott proceeded in the opposite direction in a deep study . `` Is it possible , '' he soliloquized , `` that that creature is on my track and has any proposition to make to me ?