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And it is only by a chance that I did not commit suicide this afternoon." "You don't say," gasped Mr. Oover. "I do indeed," said the Duke. "And I ask you all to weigh well my message." "But but does Miss Dobson know?" asked Sir John. "Oh yes," was the reply. "Indeed, it was she who persuaded me not to die till to-morrow."
A Herculean figure filled the doorway. "The Junta is honoured," said the Duke, bowing to his guest. "Duke," said the newcomer quietly, "the honour is as much mine as that of the interesting and ancient institution which I am this night privileged to inspect." Turning to Sir John and The MacQuern, the Duke said "I present Mr. Abimelech V. Oover, of Trinity."
With the sensation of a man groping among archives, he began to apologise to the Rhodes Scholar for having left him so abruptly at the Junta. Then, presto! as though those musty archives were changed to a crisp morning paper agog with terrific head-lines he remembered the awful resolve of Oover, and of all young Oxford.
Oover inaugurated dinner. To all Rhodes Scholars, indeed, his courtesy was invariable. He went out of his way to cultivate them. And this he did more as a favour to Lord Milner than of his own caprice. He found these Scholars, good fellows though they were, rather oppressive. They had not how could they have? the undergraduate's virtue of taking Oxford as a matter of course.
Whereas the English guests of the Junta, when they heard the tale of Nellie O'Mora, would merely murmur "Poor girl!" or "What a shame!" Mr. Oover said in a tone of quiet authority that compelled Greddon's ear "Duke, I hope I am not incognisant of the laws that govern the relations of guest and host.
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