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CHAPTER XIV FACE TO FACE
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It was indeed Mr. Randolph Vernon Sorley who spread out his hands to the fire in a crouching1 attitude, but woefully changed from the debonair2 and juvenile3 gentleman of former days. His aggressively shabby overcoat and worn boots showed that he had some idea of disguising himself, since he had both money and clothes at his command to dress better. He was unshaven, his cheeks and chin being covered with a silvery stubble, and in his sunken eyes there lurked4 a hunted look. The man looked both broken up and broken down, and had aged5 at least twenty years since Alan had last set eyes on him. The terror he displayed when the young man entered the room showed how apprehensive6 he was of being arrested by the police.
"Oh, it's you, Alan," he gasped7 with a sigh of relief, when the newcomers, in sheer surprise, called out his name. "I'm glad it's only you and your friend."
"I am Fuller's friend," remarked Latimer with emphasis, "but not yours."
"Ah!" Sorley shivered and cringed fearfully, "you're against me too. Am I to find an enemy in you also, Alan?"
"I'm glad to hear that, Alan, for I am very down indeed. A few days ago and I could hold up my head with the best; now I am hunted for a crime.
"If you are guilty----"
"I swear I am not," interrupted Sorley, his voice rising to a scream, "on my soul I swear to both of you that I am not."
"Then why did you run away?" asked Dick.
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