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`` As you will , '' said Clifford , who was not a man of many words , but he spoke with reluctance : `` if so , I must seek my fortune alone . '' `` When do you leave us ? '' asked Tomlinson . `` To-morrow , before noon . I shall visit London for a few hours , and then start at once for the coast . '' `` London ! '' exclaimed Tomlinson ; `` what , the very den of danger ?