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Knowing _ my _ Raffles as I did , I was not surprised when he dived under one end of this bridge , and came up with his Inverness cape and opera hat , which he had hidden there on his way to the house . The thick socks were peeled from his patent-leathers , the ragged trousers stripped from an evening pair , bloodstains and Newgate fringe removed at the water 's edge , and the whole sepulchre whited in less time than the thing takes to tell . Nor was that enough for Raffles , but he must alter me as well , by wearing my overcoat under his cape , and putting his Zingari scarf about my neck . `` And now , '' said he , `` you may be glad to hear there 's a 3:12 from Surbiton , which we could catch on all fours . If you like we 'll go separately , but I do n't think there 's the slightest danger now , and I begin to wonder what 's happening to old blow-pipes . '' -LSB- Illustration : The ragged trousers stripped from an evening pair . -RSB- So , indeed , did I , and with no small concern , until I read of his adventures -LRB- and our own -RRB- in the newspapers .