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After breakfast next morning, Sam rose resolutely from the table, like a man who means business, and said to his brother in a tone of authority, 'Come along, Colin; I'm going to call on this Mr. Maragliano you were telling me about.'
'But, Sam,' Colin expostulated, 'he won't receive us. We haven't got any introduction or anything.'