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He rushed off, full of righteous indignation but still feeling he was

in a "frightfully aard position," to interview Don Carlos, whoown and stretched out luxuriously

a cushions on a settee in his suite at the Ritz

"My dear Standish, how good of you to returnshted to see you You knohat a pleasure is an unexpected

visit fro bored Sit down and make

yourself comfortable, my dear Standish, and let me mix you a drink"

"Er--no, thank you," said Standish, disarmed to some extent at the

outset, for he felt it would be boorish and "bad forh regard "No, I won't have a

drink As a matter of fact, Don Carlos, I have called to see you in

connection with--er--with a delicate personal matter"

"My dear Mr Standish, I am flattered that you should make me your