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`` For the matter of that , sir , '' he answered , `` I could come now . I 've no chick nor child to hold me . I 'm a widower without encumbrances . '' I told the `` widower without encumbrances '' to come the next day , and St. Nivel and I jumped into a hansom to catch the five o'clock express , glad to get out of the thick atmosphere of London into the bright crisp air of Norfolk . `` I think you 've done right , '' remarked St. Nivel in the train , `` in getting an old cavalry man . He 'll understand hunting things . '' As I could not afford to hunt I missed the point of the signification .