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Cutts , however , bade the ostler be sure and tell the gentleman , before going away , that he , Cutts , strongly advised him `` to have nothing to do with the bullocks . '' Cutts , on arriving in London , went straight to Mrs. Crane 's old lodging opposite to Jasper 's . But she had now removed to Podden Place , and left no address . On reaching his own home , Cutts , however , found a note from her , stating that she should be at her old lodging that evening , if he would call at half-past nine o'clock ; for , indeed , she had been expecting Jasper 's promised visit -- had learned that he had left his lodgings , and was naturally anxious to learn from Cutts what had become of him . When Cutts called at the appointed hour and told his story , Arabella Crane immediately recognised all the danger which her informant had so prudently shunned . Nor was she comforted by Cutts 's assurance that Jasper , on finding himself deserted , would have no option but to abandon , or at least postpone , an enterprise that , undertaken singly , would be too rash even for his reckless temerity . As it had become the object of her life to save Losely from justice , so she now shrunk from denouncing to justice his meditated crime ; and the idea of recurring to Colonel Morley happily flashed upon her .