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`` Why , what do you mean ? You have n't occasion to suspect -- ? '' Mr. Trapper 's customary sternness slowly relaxed , until there was the suggestion of a smile about the corners of his mouth , and rather more than a suggestion in the twinkle in his eye . `` Do you know what I caught that young fellow doing during noon hour ? '' he asked . `` Reading up the encyclopaedia on tea . Tea , mind you .