’Youmayhaveseeninthenewspapers，sir，’saidGabriel，pointingtotheonewhichlaybyhisside，’thatIwasawitnessagainstthismanuponhistrialsomedayssince;andthatitwasnothisfaultIwasalive，andabletospeaktowhatIknew。’
’MAYhaveseen！’criedSirJohn。’MydearMrVarden，youarequiteapubliccharacter，andliveinallmen’sthoughtsmostdeservedly。
NothingcanexceedtheinterestwithwhichIreadyourtestimony，andrememberedthatIhadthepleasureofaslightacquaintancewithyou——Ihopeweshallhaveyourportraitpublished？’
’Thismorning，sir，’saidthelocksmith，takingnonoticeofthesecompliments，’earlythismorning，amessagewasbroughttomefromNewgate，atthisman’srequest，desiringthatIwouldgoandseehim，forhehadsomethingparticulartocommunicate。Ineedn’ttellyouthatheisnofriendofmine，andthatIhadneverseenhim，untiltheriotersbesetmyhouse。’
SirJohnfannedhimselfgentlywiththenewspaper，andnodded。