"What? Had to catch a train?"
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"Oh! A sudden matter of business."
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"I see. He's had a cable calling him to London. How long will he be away, Gelett?"
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"Oh, I see. You don't know. Very well. I only called up because I understood he required medical attention."
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"Yes—I understood he'd been hurt about the head and face, but I didn't know he had received such a—battering."
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