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An hour later, having bidden goodbye to Naughton Jones, who, however, did not take the slightest notice and remained sitting back in the armchair with his eyes closed as if he had fallen asleep, Larose was again seated in Sir Arnold's car and being driven back to the Abbey.
"I did not intrude upon you," said the surgeon, "for Henrik told me Mr. Jones was in there, too. " He smiled. "Our learned friend I know is very temperamental, and if I had disturbed him, without being sent for, it is quite probable I might have only received a snub for my pains. A very remarkable man, Mr. Jones, but he's most touchy sometimes."