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the right side of the carriage. The seats were made
with red silk and no one light was filtering through
the black curtains in such a way that M. Stuart was
plunged into darkness. Suddenly, he noticed the
presence of a man who seemed to be looking at him.

“Dear Jimmy, I am very glad to meet you again. Do
you remember me?”, said the man sat on the opposite
side of him. He pronounced those words with a low
grave voice, but he said them so quietly that it was as
if he was whispering. This eerie atmosphere shook a
little M. Stuart and he was unable to stop trembling,
his hands became very sweaty despite the biting cold
outside. Who was that man? How did he know him?
What did he want?

M. Stuart achieved to say:

“I apologize… but I don’t think we met before... By
the way, how do you know my name?”

The man was staring straight ahead, and M. Stuart
distinguished despite the half-light that he was
smiling. Notwithstanding, he could not say from

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