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`` To-night I shall be with him , '' he answered ; `` within three days I win all or lose all : for his secret will be mine . If I fail , it is for you to follow up the thread which I have unravelled by three years ' hard work -- '' `` What sort of person do you say he is ? '' I continued , and he replied -- `` You shall see for yourself . Dare you risk coming with me -- I meet him at eight o'clock ? '' `` Dare I risk ! -- pooh , there ca n't be much danger . '' `` There is every danger !