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I have just consented to take the chairmanship of a committee to form field hospitals throughout the country, and " "May I interrupt for one moment?" her visitor begged. The stream of words seemed to fall away from her lips. There was a touch of Jocelyn Thew's other manner perhaps more than a touch. She looked at him and she shivered. She had seen him look like that once before.
He stood at their table for a few seconds before speaking, his eyes fixed upon Jocelyn Thew's in a curious, almost unnatural stare. "You will forgive me," he said. "I must be speaking to Sir Denis Cathley?"
Neither of the two young people, who were filled with wonder at the strange appearance of the newcomer, noticed Jocelyn Thew's sudden grip of the tablecloth, the tightening of his frame, the ominous contraction of his eyebrows as for a moment he sat there speechless. Then he was himself again. He shook his head courteously. "I am afraid," he replied, "that you must be making some mistake.
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