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Updated: June 14, 2025
It transpired afterwards that he was engaged to three girls at the time. "Oh, all right," said Hallyard, and they went away together in a hansom. An hour and a half later Hallyard walked into the smoking-room looking depressed and worn, and flung himself into a chair. "I thought you were going to Richmond with McQuae," I said. "So did I," he answered. "Had an accident?" I asked. "Yes."
The moment he saw me he made his way across to me. "The very man I wanted to see," he said. "Did I take Hallyard with me in the cart to Richmond this afternoon?" "You did," I replied. "So Leena says," he answered, greatly bewildered, "but I'll swear he wasn't there when we got to the Queen's Hotel." "It's all right," I said, "you dropped him at Putney." "Dropped him at Putney!" he repeated.
Another day I was lunching with him at the Junior Hogarth, when a man named Hallyard, a mutual friend, strolled across to us. "What are you fellows going to do this afternoon?" he asked, seating himself the opposite side of the table. "I'm going to stop here and write letters," I answered. "Come with me if you want something to do," said McQuae. "I'm going to drive Leena down to Richmond."
Hallyard had an idea that he was already married, but that the fact had slipped his memory. I myself felt sure that if he did marry he would forget all about it the next day. But everybody was wrong. As for my own fears, I dismissed them the moment I saw the lady. She was a charming, cheerful little woman, but did not look the type that would let him forget all about it.
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