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"How did you get this? " I asked the youth. "Who are you?"
"I'm John May, sir," was his answer. "I work in the gardens at Lydford, an' last night, soon after eleven, as I was a-comin' home from Rockingham, I met Miss Asta out in the drive. She was like a mad thing. She 'ad the letter and wanted it delivered at once. So I went to the stables and, sayin' nothink, came away."