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He nodded and I gave him good allowance . `` Now , '' said I , when he 'd gulped it down , `` let 's hear what 's turned up . '' He looked at me kind of dimly , and I 'll be shot if two tears did n't well up in his eyes and run down his cheeks . `` I 've come to ask you , '' he said slowly and brokenly , `` to ask you -- if you wo n't intercede with Gorgett for me ; to ask you if you wo n't beg him to -- to grant me -- an interview before to-morrow noon . '' `` _ What ! _ '' `` Will you do it ? '' `` Certainly .