Book 2, Chapter 12: The Hidden Hand

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​⁠I had been settled in my new home about a month when I received a letter from Mr. Jackson. It was principally devoted to a report on business matters concerned with the disposal of my father’s practice and the sale of the surplus furniture and effects, but it contained one passage that gave me considerable food for thought. The passage in question had been added as a postscript, and ran thus:

“You