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Boisrueil，oneofmygentlemen，whowaswaitingtoaskafavour；
buttheyknewnothingofthereport，andthoughIsentthemdownforthwith，withdirectionstomakestrictbutquietinquiry，theyreturnedattheendofhalfanhourwithlongfacesandnonews。
ThenIgrewseriouslyalarmed；andreflectingonthemanyimportantsecretswhichthememorialcontained，whereofadisclosuremustspoilplanssolongandsedulouslyprepared，I