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"'You have called me names enough,' said he, 'I will not stand it

any longer. I shall not say another word about this business,

since you have chosen to insult me. I will leave your house in

the morning and make my own way in the world.'

"'You shall leave it in the hands of the police!' I cried

half-mad with grief and rage. 'I shall have this matter probed to

the bottom.'

"'You shall learn nothing from me,' said he with a passion such

as I should not have thought was in his nature. 'If you choose to

call the police, let the police find what they can.'