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AFTER that Glaubus affair, I did not see Perkins for nearly a year. He was spending his money somewhere, but I knew he would turn up when it was gone; and one day he entered my office hard up, but enthusiastic.
"Ah," I said, as soon as I saw the glow in his eyes, "you have another good thing? Am I in it?"