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"Certainly; it's young Billy Wilson. You know—the lad who is always roaming the woods." "Listen!" he said harshly. "You know me and you know I don't often give a man like you more than a second chance. You have had your second chance and failed. But see here, I'm not infallible. If dogs and children trust you there must be some good in you, and by George! I'm going to do something which is either going to prove the biggest piece of damn foolishness or the biggest coup I have ever pulled off in my life. I'm going to take my grip from your throat, Jacobs, and leave you to the dogs and the children. Sir William started back in his chair, crying faintly: "My God! Look at her, Acton!".
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