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That was nearly all . The paper of the envelope had no water-marks . Bagwax thought that if he could get hold of the envelope itself something might be done even with that ; but here Sir John could not go along with him , as it had been fully acknowledged that the envelope had passed from the possession of Caldigate into the hands of the woman bearing the written address . If anything could be done , it must be done by the postmarks , -- and those postmarks Bagwax studied morning , noon , and night . It had now been decided that Bagwax was to be sent out to Sydney at the expense of the Caldigates . There had been difficulty as to leave of absence for such a purpose . The man having been convicted , the postmaster-general was bound to regard him as guilty , and hesitated to allow a clerk to be absent so long on behalf of a man who was already in prison .