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They will be better here than at the Murchisons ' , '' he added with a last shaft of reproach , `` and they will be very welcome . '' It said much for Dr Drummond that Finlay was able to fall in with the arrangement . He went back to his boarding-house , and added a postscript embodying it to his letter to Bross . Then he walked out upon the midnight two feverish miles to the town , and posted the letter . The way back was longer and colder . `` Well , Winter , '' said Octavius Milburn , `` I expect there 's business in this for you . '' Mr Milburn and Mr Winter had met in the act of unlocking their boxes at the post-office .