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“Well,” said Dick coolly, “I’ve seen him before, though I can’t tell where. I remember his bulk and shape better than his face.” “Yes? By Jove, my boy, you may be the very man he’s after!”
Mr. Biggs burst into a loud guffaw; then turned grave in a moment, and repeated impressively: “A detective my oath!”
“But he looks a genuine Australian, if ever I saw one,” objected Dick.
“Well, maybe he’s what he looks.”
“Then do you think he’s come over on purpose? It must be a big job.”
“I think he has. It must.”
“Ah,” said Dick, “then I have seen him out there somewhere; probably in Melbourne.”
“Quite likely,” said Mr. Biggs. “There are plenty of his sort in this Colony, and as sharp as you’ll find anywhere else, my word!”
A little later they left the Exhibition, and spent the evening together.
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