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`` Yes , sir -- but -- '' `` Did you deliver my note to the fire-warden ? '' `` Yes , sir . The old man 's abed with miseries . He said he 'd send his deputy at noon . '' Burleson laid his gloved hand on his horse 's saddle , looking sharply at the keeper . `` They tell me that Mr. Elliott has seen better fortune , Rolfe . '' `` Yes , sir .