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By the way , how did you come to hear the name ? '' `` Half a dozen people have told me , my lord , along with the information I have just given you . Nothing else is talked of far and wide . '' `` And it is just twelve o'clock , '' muttered the stout little lord , wiping his scarlet face pettishly . `` Ill news travels fast . However , as you are here , you may as well take charge of things until the London men arrive . '' `` The London men are n't going to usurp my privileges , my lord , '' said Darby , firmly .