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"Jewson! " exclaimed Denis in cold astonishment. "What in the world do you want -- with me?"
"You may well ask, sir," replied the steward, in an abject whine, "but on all the diggings there was no one else that I could turn to -- little as I deserve at your hands, sir -- little as I know I deserve! But you look at me, Mr. Dent, and you'll see the way I've been used!"