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His friend the Editor turned to him squarely. "Willie took me into consultation, and since he seems to have let you in I may just as well tell you what is up. I shall try to be as short as I can. But in confidence -- mind!"
He waited. Renouard, his uneasiness growing on him unreasonably, assented by a nod, and the other lost no time in beginning. Professor Moorsom -- physicist and philosopher -- fine head of white hair, to judge from the photographs -- plenty of brains in the head too -- all these famous books -- surely even Renouard would know. .