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"Why such speed, sir? " inquired the Corporal as they galloped up the long hill out of Seaford.
"Aye, why indeed! " answered Sir John. "Life is short enough o' conscience! Let us then rather amble the whiles I sum up our case as it standeth to-day. And heed and mark me well, Robert. And we begin with my Lord Sayle, a sordid creature of sordid tastes, of whom 'twere better to talk in metaphor. My Lord Sayle, then, is reported to have a keen eye for beauty and a catholic taste; the stately lily, the humble, modest violet each alike find favour in his eyes and he culleth them as he may; he acquireth by money, by guile, by force-aye, frequently by force, for the which he useth divers agents. and James Sturton we know for one of these agents.