confessthatIwenttobedwithoutoneworduponthematterofCarthew，butnotwithouthavingcovenantedwithmyrascalforavisittoChesterthenextday。AtChesterwedidtheCathedral，walkedonthewalls，discussedShakespeareandthemusicalglasses——andmadeafreshengagementforthemorrow。

　　Idonotknow，andIamgladtohaveforgotten，howlongthesetravelswerecontinued。Wevisitedatleast，bysingularzigzags，Stratford，Warwick，Coventry，Gloucester，Bristol，Bath，andWells。Ateachstagewespokedutifullyofthesceneanditsassociations；Isketched，theShysterspoutedpoetryandcopiedepitaphs。WhocoulddoubtweweretheusualAmericans，travellingwithadesignofself-improvement？

　　Whowastoguessthatonewasablackmailer，tremblingtoapproachthesceneofaction——theotherahelpless，amateurdetective，waitingonevents？

　　Itisunnecessarytoremarkthatnoneoccurred，ornonetheleastsuitablewithmydesignofprotectingCarthew。Twotrifles，indeed，completedthoughtheyscarcelychangedmyconceptionoftheShyster。ThefirstwasobservedinGloucester，wherewespentSunday，andIproposedweshouldhearserviceinthecathedral。Tomysurprise，thecreaturehadanISMofhisown，towhichhewasloyal；andheleftmetogoalonetothecathedral——orperhapsnottogoatall——andstoleoffdownadesertedalleytosomeBethelorEbenezerofthepropershade。

　　Whenwemetagainatlunch，Iralliedhim，andhegrewrestive。

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