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If not , we 'll request them to delay long enough in the morning to give us time to sift the matter . If B -- 's after a swindling game , we 'll take a short course , and save our goods . '' `` It 's too late , '' answered my clerk . `` B -- called a little after one o'clock , and gave notes for the amount of his bill . He was to leave in the five o'clock line for Boston . '' I turned my face a little aside , so that Edward might not see all the anxiety that was pictured there . `` You look very sober , Mr. Mayflower , '' said my good wife , gazing at me with eyes a little shaded by concern , as I sat with Arty 's head leaning against my bosom that evening ; `` as sober as baby looked this morning , after his fruitless shadow chase . ''