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I had intended to go down again to Reigate to finish the job myself ; I should scarcely have missed a second time . So it is for that you hunted me down ? Well , I do n't blame you ; I never forgive an injury , and I see your sentiments are mine . Whether I killed your father or not makes no difference ; he was killed , that is the principal point ; if I was going to be put on my trial for that I could prove that at eight o'clock I was in a coffee house in Covent Garden . I purposely kicked up a row there , and was turned out , so that if I were charged with that shooting affair I could prove that I was in London that evening . '' `` I ca n't quite believe that , '' Mark said ; `` a fast horse would have brought you up to town in an hour and a half , and another fast horse would have taken you back again as quickly ; so you might have been in London at eight and back again at Crowswood by half past twelve or one , even if you stopped a couple of hours at a coffee house . However , you wo n't be tried for that .