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Chisholm was silent. The two men exchanged glances. Since they were his best and most confidential friends, he could not be offended in the least at what they had said, especially as he knew quite well that they had spoken plain, hard facts.
"Well," he said at last, in a metallic tone of voice, "the truth is, we have parted."