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This he sealed and directed , and then , saying a messenger was waiting , he thanked me hurriedly and rushed out . I have little doubt that this messenger was the 'S . Swartwourt ' mentioned in ` B. S. 's ' letter ; for Swartwourt was in town that Thursday . I had seen him at noon at the tavern in close converse with William Murray , Isaac Adamson -LRB- in all likelihood , the Messrs. 'M . ' and ` A. ' of ` B. S. 's ' letter -RRB- , and Abner Dudley , who is as certainly ` A. D. ' as ` B. S. ' is Benjamin Sebastian ; and that torn fragment before you is that shameless young hypocrite 's answer to Sebastian 's letter of October 12 . '' `` You are undoubtedly correct in your surmises , '' said Gilcrest when Drane had finished . `` The ` Power ' referred to in this torn piece , and the ` T. P. ' referred to in the letter signed ` B. S. , ' both mean that vile and most dangerous diplomat , Thomas Power ; and , see , Dudley mentions ` the enclosure , ' too , which he had probably shown to Murray and Adamson , and then forwarded to Thomas Power .