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rned from her was that
his name was Carl, that by profession he was a sort of travelling wine
merchant, that he was, in a sense, domiciled somewhere in Germany, but
spent most of his time rambling about the Continent with occasional vis-
its to this country and the United States. That is all that she let drop. Of
course [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], I never asked any questions."
This apparently exhausted Pedley's store of reminiscences, for the con-
versation now drifted in the direction of his work and mode of life; and
when he had shown us some of his paintings and taken us on a person-
ally conducted tour of his premises [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], including the very pleasant little cu-
bicle bedroom that he had built in a corner of the studio, we felt that we
had stayed long enough.
"It is most kind of you, Mr. Pedley," said Thorndyke, "to have let us
take up so much of your time and to give us so much help in our
inquiry."
"I am glad to hear that I have been helpful," replied Pedley [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], as he es-
corted us along the paved passage. "It seemed to me that I was ladling
out some rather small beer. But I enjoyed doing it. To a solitary man a
real good chin-wag comes as a refreshing novelty."
With this exchange of courtesies and a hearty handshake we took our
departure, and, crossing the Hampstead Road, set yilai:
[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]
The topmost branch a mother-bird possess'd
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