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"Then you know what I've come about?" "I think so. Won't you sit down? I am afraid the room is rather cold. Is it about Sir Lucien Pyne?" "Well," replied Kerry, "it concerns him certainly. I've been in communication by telephone with Hinkes, Mr. Monte Irvin's butler, and from him I learned that you were professionally attending Mrs. Irvin." "I was not her regular medical adviser, but "
"Well, I suppose it cannot be helped," she added and smilingly extended her hand. "Good night, Mr. Irvin. Don't bother to come to the door." But Irvin passed Hinkes and walked out under the porch with Margaret Halley.
"If you'll excuse me for a moment," he said, "I should like to ring up and see if by any possible chance there's news of Rita." He walked out to the telephone, and Seton heard him making a call. Then: "Hullo! Is that you, Hinkes?" he asked.... "Yes, speaking. Is Mrs. Irvin at home?" A few moments of silence followed, and: "Thanks! Good-bye," said Gray. He rejoined his friend.
The dog ran out, yapping in his irritating staccato fashion, and an expression of hope faded from Irvin's face as he saw a tall fair girl standing in the hallway talking to Hinkes, the butler. She wore soiled Burberry, high-legged tan boots, and a peaked cap of distinctly military appearance. Irvin would have retired again, but the girl glanced up and saw him where he stood by the library door.
He put down the telephone, crossed to the wall and pressed a button. The cigar stump held firmly between his teeth, he stood on the rug before the hearth, facing the door. Presently it opened and Hinkes came in. "The car is ready, Hinkes?" "Yes, sir, as you ordered. Shall Pattison come round to the door?" "At once." "Very good, sir."
"Nothing," he reported, and made a gesture of angry resignation. "Evidently Hinkes is still unaware of what has happened. Irvin hasn't returned yet. Seton, this business is driving me mad." He refilled his glass, and having looked in his cigarette-case, began to ransack a small cupboard. "Damn it all!" he exclaimed. "I haven't got a cigarette in the place!"
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