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She did not recognize me, or I concluded she did not, and naturally it was no business of mine to make any sign of recognition. I had been in my room, I suppose, about two hours when the telephone bell rang. "That Mr. Hargreave? The bureau speaking. Monsieur Duperré has come in and is coming up to you now." A minute later somebody knocked, and I called "Come in!"
"At present, though we can meet here in the hotel, we must be strangers outside." "And what is the game?" I demanded boldly, for we were together in my bedroom overlooking the great square and the door was locked. "Nothing that concerns you, Hargreave," was his hard reply. "I know you're foolishly squeamish about some things.
"The signore's memory is evidently at fault. I I hesitate to refresh it before this gentleman," and he glanced at me. "Oh! you need not mind. Mr. Hargreave is my secretary, and knows all my confidential affairs," said Rayne, assuming an air of bonhomie, though I knew he was greatly perturbed by his visitor.
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