The Wreck of the South Pole and Other Strange Tales — page 57: what you’re looking at

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50 The Wreck of the South Pole. able. He would be the last one I would suspect of doing or wishing me an injury. Are you sure you are not mis- taken.” “As sure as fate. We have read his mind ever since you came to our home, and there is nothing but evil in it for you. But he is trying to deceive us. None but the Great Dissembler could do that.”’ “T have heard you mention that person several times and I am curious to know who he is and why he bears that name. You always speak of him in the highest terms as to ability, and yet with a tone in your voice as if he was not—what shall I call it—quite as you would like him to be.” “The Great Dissembler is the greatest man in the state, and if you ever have need of help in this country which I cannot give I advise you to go to him. At the earliest op- portunity I will introduce you, for I fear you may have need of him before we are through with Earn. That fel- low surely means you mischief. And the trouble is, he has ability.” Long I pondered over the reasons for this young man’s enmity tome. That evening as Costa and I were walking upon the shore of the little island the mystery was partially explained. Borne to us on the evening breeze came the words: “Winnifred, you cannot deny that you might have be- come my wife if this stranger had not come between us.” The words were Earn’s. What her answer was I did Gomicbook (E(0)