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These are my speculations, and I am not completely certain of them.

The man on the other side seemed to be giving me time to think, so for a while we were both silent.

Finally, I said, "What is your purpose in telling me all this?"

The other side still paused before replying, "I don't have any ulterior motives. I just wanted to tell you some things that I know about the past