We beg to remain, dear sir,
Your obedient servants,
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It was perhaps five hours later that my memory again responded, and I turned to Adèle.
"The dam burst," said I, "at the very moment when you were going to tell me what you had been about to say when the first tire went outside Bidache. Sounds like 'The House that Jack built,' doesn't it?"
"Oh, I know," said Adèle, laughing. "But it's no good now. I was going to say——"
The door opened, and Falcon came in with a wire.
I picked up the form and weighed it thoughtfully.
"Wonderfully quick," I said. "It was half-past two when I was at the Bank, and I couldn't have been at the Post Office before a quarter to three. I looked at my watch. Just under four hours."
"The Bank?" said Adèle, staring. "But you said you were going to the
Club."
I nodded.