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I should think so, too," said Hawkins.
And certainly I should," said the daughter.
You are all wrong," said the earl. "You will see it yourselves, if you
think. Only one of these baskets has got him in it."
"Very well, then," said Lady Rossmore, "the thing is perfectly simple--
bury that one."
"Certainly," said Lady Gwendolen.
"But it is not simple," said the earl, "because we do not know which
basket he is in. We know he is in one of them, but that is all we do
know. You see now, I reckon, that I was right; it takes three funerals,
there is no other way."
"And three graves and three monuments and three inscriptions?" asked the
daughter.
"Well--yes--to do it right. That is what I should do."
"It could not be done so, father. Each of the inscriptions would give
the same name and the same facts and say he was under each and all of
these monuments, and that would not answer at all."
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