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on the right-hand side, and at the entrance to 

 them he stopped and turned to Mr Giveen. 



" Will you come in and wait for me a few 

 minutes? Miss Hitchen will excuse me if I run 

 in for a moment with you, to show you the way. 

 You can sit and wait for me a few minutes whilst 

 I see Mss Hitchen into a cab. Come, this is the 

 way." Mr Giveen held out his hand to the girl. 

 " It's sorry I am to have seen so Uttle of you," 

 said Mr Giveen, " but, sure, if we have any luck, 

 we may meet again." 



"Yes, I suppose so," repHed Miss Hitchen, 

 releasing her hand. " Good evening." 



She waited. 



In less than a minute and a half Mr Dashwood 

 reappeared. 



" Bobby," said Miss Hitchen, as she turned 

 with him to the Vigo Street entrance, " I have 

 forgiven you many things, but that Thing is too 

 much to be forgiven without a very complete 

 explanation. Do you know that it put its toe 

 on my foot in the cab? " 



"Beast!" said Mr Dashwood. "Can you 

 imagine my fix, tied to it? I feel as if I were 

 going to burst. Now, look here. Here's my 

 situation in a nutshell. I know a man called 

 French, the nicest fellow in the world. He's 

 almost broken, but he has one thing left — a race- 

 horse. The horse is almost sure to win the City 

 and Suburban, and if he does French will make 

 a fortune. Well, French is training the horse 



