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"Ah, Mr. Crimble," he cordially inquired, "you've come with your great news?"
Hugh caught the allusion, it would have seemed, but after a moment. "News of the Moretto? No, Mr. Bender, I haven't news _yet_. " But he added as with high candour for the visitor's motion of disappointment: "I think I warned you, you know, that it would take three or four weeks."