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Like the loyal friend that he was, Blissett made no comment on what was bound to appear to him to be an unusual request on the part of Ashdown.
He did not stop to ask why Nevil could not have obtained the money for himself, especially as he had an account with the local bank at Wernport, less than 20 miles away, and he might, therefore, have gone that distance and obtained the five hundred pounds in Treasury notes for himself. But there it was, and accordingly Blissett drove into Wernport, and came back, presently, with the money.