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Scott Wildburn settled himself in his chair and lit one of his amazing cigars.
"It is Ned's idea that I should extend this confidence to you," he began. "Quite a stroke of genius, I call it. He proposed that I should tell you the truth. You will be murdered, of course, if anyone finds out that you know, but then so should I. It will be simply one more taking a chance. Scared?"