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"Bad, bad word! Naughty!—"
"Maitland, of course."
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"Been out of town and just got your note."
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"Your beastly penchant for economy. It's not stamped; I presume you sent it round by hand of the future President of the United States whom you now employ as office-boy. And O'Hagan didn't forward it for that reason."
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"Important, eh? I'm only in for the night—"
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