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It was with his barmaid wife that he had spent the last three

days in Bristol, and his father did not know where he was. Mark

that point. It is of importance. Good has come out of evil,

however, for the barmaid, finding from the papers that he is in

serious trouble and likely to be hanged, has thrown him over

utterly and has written to him to say that she has a husband

already in the Bermuda Dockyard, so that there is really no tie

between them. I think that that bit of news has consoled young

McCarthy for all that he has suffered."

"But if he is innocent, who has done it?"